Comments on: Druid Hills to Discuss Cityhood Next Tuesday Night

By: Arriba

Arriba — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:30:44 +0000

Thanks Scott, you are right, of course.
Bad wording on my part, but just meant they have seen how a school system could work without having to be under Dekalb’s school board.

Seems like a no-brainer for parents there to try the charter designation. Not sure if they’ll be successful though.

By: ant1

ant1 — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:20:07 +0000

i’m not so sure about the ridge. that spot would have been perfect for a walmart neighborhood market.

By: DHer

DHer — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:06:35 +0000

No one is proposing de-annexing part of DH from Atl. In fact some are considering more of DH being annexed into Atl.

DeKalb BoC and CEO have said County needs to better understand impact of cityhood and that state process is goofy, but no one is actively opposing cityhood movement.

Placeholder bills for cities were introduced in last year’s General Assembly for cities in central deKalb, Tucker and Stonecrest.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:43:20 +0000

Correct. CSD has been it’s own entity for a long, long time.

By: J_T

J_T — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:36:44 +0000

Only if they get to keep the nice new Clifton Ridge subdivision that’s going up now.

By: ant1

ant1 — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:12:48 +0000

i say we preserve druid hills just like it is today, unincorporated. deny cityhood.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:16:22 +0000

As best I know, we were never under it. CSD’s been indie since the get-go, right?

By: Arriba

Arriba — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:56:36 +0000

So this is happening at the same time they are trying to become a Charter school system – the first under the new Charter rules. (It was an article in AJC this weekend.)

I don’t blame them a bit, they have seen how successful Decatur has been in removing our schools from under DeKalb’s “leadership”.