In addition to extending the school day at Decatur’s elementary and high schools, Karass points out this other paragraph in the Superintendent’s report (under “Overview”) to the Decatur School Board for tomorrow’s meeting…

While I was not at the last meeting, I heard that there was some concern about the budget presentation. I have worked with Theresa Link and the staff and we have developed possible cuts totaling $750,000. We have been cutting now for a number of years and the choices are not good. There will always be an area that someone will not want cut. However, we think we have prioritized well. This action coupled with the fact that we expect to gather about 1 to 2 million from, believe it or not, additional revenue and this will pull our fund balance up to a respectable starting amount. This year, in April, it may become necessary to put a Reduction In Force (RIF) plan in place. Naturally, we will continue practicing conservative budgeting, such as only accounting for the receipt of a portion of state funds and taxes. In the past, this practice has served us well.

UPDATE: The Decatur Farmer’s Market has clarified to both Andisheh and in a comment to Kessler’s post stating that Nazifa “was never formally part of the market and can’t be because her ingredients aren’t local or organic.”  Rick posted the AJC comment in full below.

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John Kessler’s got a great piece on his Food and More blog about Nazifa Garib, a native Bosnian making the most in-demand Iraqi flatbread in the Atlanta metropolitan area.  Her store is located in the Fox Trot Center on North Decatur Road, a “no-man’s land” that really is an “everyman’s land”, according to Kessler.  (I concur, as we lived out in this area for 5 years before migrating in-town.)

But as Andisheh points out in an email, don’t come to the Decatur Farmer’s Market looking to buy Nazifa’s breads anymore.  Take it, Kessler…

Now she is looking for ways to expand beyond traditional customers from the nan-eating world. Which, as the crow flies, is close.

A stall at the Decatur Farmers Market earned her praise but it came to a quick end after another merchant there complained she was taking away too many of his customers. (Market manager Duane Marcus confirms this.) This season she may try a stall at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market.