UPDATE: The extension wasn’t due to a lack of candidates.  Winnona Park’s principal was good enough to fill us in.  See comments below.

So remember that whole charter school system thing we did a few weeks back? Yeah well…apparently they don’t have enough parent volunteers to be on the vitally important “leadership teams”, because they’ve extended the deadline until tomorrow, according to the AJC.

Yeah I know, not much notice…but I didn’t post it…it was the AJC. Also, since each school is supposed to have its own leadership team, which are we talking about here?

These teams aren’t just advisory groups…they are key component of the charter school idea. So the fact that they have to extend the deadline is a bit worrisome. The AJC article says check out the school system’s website for details…but I’m not going to link you over there because unless they mean for you to go ahead and flip thru the massive charter school application for a description of the leadership teams, I don’t see any easily accessible information.

So instead I suggest jumping over to this great leadership team FAQ (pdf) on the Decatur edTV website and watching this video from Decatur edTV if you are interested in joining any of our schools’ parent leadership teams.

A whole smorgasbord of Decatur shops will be hosting book-related events during this year’s Decatur Book Festival over Labor Day Weekend (August 29th-31st).

Here’s the store events rundown from the latest of many recent DBF press releases…

At 3 p.m. on Saturday, Mingei World Arts at 427 Church Street is bringing Daryn Kagan, former CNN news anchor and creator of darynkagan.com, an award-winning website that offers hopeful and inspirational news, for a signing of her new book, “What’s Possible! 50 True Stories of People Who Dared to Dream They Could Make a Difference,” available at Mingei.

Sharon Franco Rothschild, owner of the Decatur boutique and knitting studio Two Stix (411 Church St.) will debut her new book, “Sweater Renewal: Felting Knits into New Sweaters and Accessories,” just ten days before DBF, and will give demonstrations at her store during the festival.

Southern Cooking Favorite Delia Champion will be stopping by Taste at 416 Church Street on Saturday at 2 p.m. Best known as the founder of The Flying Biscuit Cafe, Champion will be bringing biscuits and discussing southern cooking, along with signing copies of her book, “The Flying Biscuit Café Cookbook.”

Sage is hosting the Atlanta Writer’s Club for a Sunday brunch with DBF authors. A special three-course menu selected by the chef will be available for this event. The entree includes a choice of Sage’s Benedict mignon, mascarpone-stuffed French toast, or their delicious blackened tilapia.

Incidentally, the DBF also wants you to know that our book festival is now the largest INDEPENDENT book festival in the entire country.  Take that all you big city, parent-company book festival sell-outs!

Here’s a list of all the independent book shops that will be participating in the festival…”A Cappella Books, Blue Elephant Books, Bound to be Read Books, Charis Books & More, Eagle Eye Book Shop, Little Shop of Stories, Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse, and Wordsmiths Books.”