One decision.  Bum, bum bummmmmm.

At February’s Board of Education meeting, the appointed Transportation Committee – made up of residents and CSD staff – made three overall recommendations after extensive analysis and surveying stakeholders (PDF).

1. DHS and Renfroe should have start times between 8:15a and 8:45a, due mainly to a desire to push the DHS start-time back at least 15 minutes, “though some committee member believe there is little evidence to make any change to the current start times.”
2. DHS and Renfroe start within 15 minutes of each other due to timing of extracurricular activities.
3. Explore sharing buses for Renfroe and DHS.  “The cost implication of additional buses is $43,000 per bus.”

On Tuesday, Decatur Board of Ed will tackle the issue and consider two options from the Superintendent.  1.  Keep the current start/end times.  2.  Clairemont and Glennwood start 10 mins later, 4/5 start time pushed back to 7:45a, Renfroe starts 5 mins earlier, and DHS starts a half-hour later.

According to the Superintendent’s note to the Board (Action Item IXa on the agenda), Option 2 would require 6-12 graders sharing buses.

Let the decision-making begin.

Roof work at the Decatur Library, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Karen)

As reported in the AJC, MARTA’s board will make a final determination today on the route and type of rail for the long-discussed Clifton Corridor line that would run from Lindbergh Station on MARTA’s North Line to Avondale Station on the East Line.  The suggestion before the board is light-rail through Emory’s campus, as shown in the map above.

Maybe even more interesting to those looking for specific impacts to their area are the new station maps that MARTA has posted on its website.

That’s the Suburban Plaza station above, which apparently is planned to have a direct underground connection to the proposed Walmart on the site.  Also of particular interest is the Clairmont @ N. Decatur Road Subway Station, which suggests redevelopment of the McDonalds/Chevron station and adjoining Sushi/Edward Jones/Hunan Dragon/Kaplan strip mall.

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Photo courtesy of Visit Decatur GA