From CSD…

Dear CSD Faculty, Staff and Families,

I know you join me in being thankful that all City Schools of Decatur students made it home safely last Tuesday, January 28, during the snowstorm.  Our bus drivers, teachers, staff and principals are to be commended for the successful dismissal and transport of our students.

Our academic calendar has students attending school for 180 days, and we have had no furlough days this year or previous years when other systems had to reduce the number of school days due to financial hardship. Therefore, I have decided to proceed through the appropriate channels to request that City Schools of Decatur students and staff will not make up the three snow days of January 29, 30 and 31.  

Additionally, State Superintendent Dr. John Barge will bring a resolution to the State School Board that requests that the days of January 29, 30 and 31 are forgiven above and beyond the state guidelines for minimum number of hours students must attend school.  This will be helpful to CSD if further winter weather affects metro-Atlanta during the coming months.

Please note that we are making up the extreme winter weather days of January 6 and 7.  The first make-up day will be March 10, which was previously a Teacher Workday.  Now we will have school for students on Monday, March 10. The second day will be Thursday, May 29 with the post-planning day moved to Friday, May 30 for teachers.  Therefore, Thursday, May 29 is now the new last day of school.

Thank you for your continued support of our students and staff at City Schools of Decatur.

Sincerely,

Dr. Phyllis A. Edwards, Superintendent

At the February 3rd meeting, the Decatur City Commission revised their previous vote to reconsider the tree ordinance proposal in early March and instead scheduled a commission work session for that day.  Now we’re getting a few more details on what that “work session” will entail and some additional next steps.

From Decatur Next…

On February 3rd, the Commission modified their request to include a work session on March 3rd. The session will provide the Commission an opportunity to articulate and discuss their specific concerns and the concerns expressed by the community.  Then, once a clear policy direction has been established, a schedule for ordinance revisions and community input will be developed.

The work session will be open to the community but, like all work sessions, will not offer opportunity for attendees to comment. Amendments to the tree ordinance will subsequently not be considered until after March 3, 2014. Stay tuned to Decatur Next for updates to the schedule.

Michael sent in this announcement a couple of days back…

Wine crawl tickets on sale starting tonight Feb. 4, 2014 at the Universal Joint and the Oakhurst Market.

Wine Crawl Feb. 22nd from 4-7pm.  Limited number of tickets.  Event is Rain or Shine and you must be 21 years or older to participate.  Day of event all participants must have valid ID.

Day of event tickets holders will exchange their tickets for an event wine glass at Harmony Park.

Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 day of event ( limited number of tickets )

Any questions for the event may be directed to Melissa Stratton 

Cyndi writes in…

Film adaptation of the Stephen King novel “Cell” filmed on Adams Street today. Scenes set in a home on Adams Street are for the conclusion of the movie.

Are you all about helping Decatur-area organizations get closer to grant money through online clicks?  Then this latest sponsored post on Decaturish – which asks folks to CLICK HERE and vote for re:loom is right up your alley.

Decatur-based re:loom, which ” provides at-risk women with job training needed to provide independence through sustainable, creative and transformative work” is up for a FedEx Small Business grant of up to $25,000.

Votes for re:loom on the FedEx website help push the organization to the top of the list of non-profits being considered for grants by the FedEx folks.  As Decaturish mentions, when you click the “vote for this business” all you need to do is verify through your Facebook account and your vote is registered.

Check it out!