The AJC’s April Hunt preempts the rest of Decatur’s know-it-alls with a great look into the city commission’s final vote this fall on the potential 5th Ave school renovation to accommodate a projected rise in school enrollment.

(Preachy aside: Why do I call it “great”?  Because all too often local pieces generated by the mainstream media seem geared toward entertaining readers in other communities rather than being an actual resource for affected residents.  April shows her prowess for Decatur inside-baseball with this one.)

Speaking of insiders, a couple city insiders have mentioned this unique feature about Decatur in past comment on DM: the city, not the school system owns school property.  Therefore, the city commission gets the final say about whether CSD can renovate vacant 5th Avenue to accommodate the city’s 4/5 academy.

And while my post title intentionally draws you in with a quality of looming uncertainty, the commission sounds unified in its support of the proposal in Ms Hunt’s article.  Not a huge surprise considering a 5th Ave renovation has always been “the city’s” preference.

The vote sounds like it could happen some time next month.