Paul sends along a note from Superintendent Phyllis Edwards that was sent home with parents of second graders yesterday, announcing that she was recommending to the Decatur School Board that they approve the newly created K-3 redistricting Map #9.

(The primary purpose of the note is to inform families with only one child in CSD who is currently in second grade, that the child may be able to stay at their current school for 3rd grade, even if their house has is redistricted.  Parents must elect to do this, but even then it isn’t guaranteed.)

Anyway, back to Map 9.  According to Assistant Superintendent Thomas Van Soelen, Map 9 was created in an effort to “keep neighborhoods whole as much as possible”, and because of that AND the fact that non-white and reduced/free lunch comps are better-weighted than in many of the other eight maps, reaction to this map has thus far been generally positive.

However, there has been some recently voiced discontent from Willow Lane residents about being rezoned from Clairemont to Glennwood due to its distance from the neighborhood (.6 miles vs. 1.2 miles).

The Decatur School Board is set to vote on the redistricting at its December 14th meeting.

Do you care about Decatur’s key principles, goals, or long-term land-use plans?  Well, you better get yourself over to Agnes Scott tomorrow morning.

As noted on Decatur Next, from 9a-12n tomorrow morning in Rebekah Scott Hall on the Agnes Scott campus, the city’s consultants are hosting an “open house” style event where residents can stop in and review an initial draft of the city’s 2010 Strategic Plan.

And then the best part for those of you with opinions: you get to provide feedback!  Here’s the lowdown…

First, we’ll be rolling out a draft of our overall vision and its four key principles. Essentially, these are the broad categories under which we’ll compile our more definitive goals and projects. Your job will be to review them and ensure that, collectively, they capture the spirit of what Decatur residents have been saying over the past eight months. Do they read right? Are they missing anything? You tell us.

Next, you’ll review the goals themselves, making edits as necessary to ensure they’re hitting everything that needs to be hit.

Finally, you’ll have an opportunity to review some long-term land-use plans that consider potential development scenarios for areas of Decatur most likely to experience redevelopment over the next decade.

KC Boyce writes on Twitter…

Local meat & produce market coming to #OakhurstGA in the old RealSource space (next to One Step at a Time).

In a follow-up, KC suggested I get in contact with Marc at U-Joint, since he’s behind the venture.  I think I’ll do just that.

Feel free to use this post to make comments and ask questions about local issues not discussed here over the past week.

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