Tammy sends the link from Superintendent Phyllis Edwards’ letter to parents regarding making up the week snow-days we endured a couple weeks back.

Here it is in full…

The inclement weather experienced January 10-14, 2011 affected all of us in important ways. This extraordinary circumstance surprised the district and the metro Atlanta area.

The only single-day available in the second semester calendar is March 14, 2011. This day was scheduled as a professional learning day. March 14, 2011 will now be a school day for students.

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After being trapped in the house for a week, I think many of us are just chock-full of suggestions for how to better prepare for the next snow/ice storm.  Bob writes in with a request…

I would like a dedicated thread for suggestions to the City of Decatur…on what they might do to prepare for the next snow storm. I think more could be done without costing an arm and a leg.

I’m always up for a constructive exercise that aims at bettering ourselves and the community.  (Lord, that sounded a bit sappy.  Even for me.)  But I’d like to expand it beyond just suggestions for the city, and also open up the virtual floor to suggestions for neighborhood groups and each other.  For example, how can we encourage more residents to shovel sidewalks after a storm?  Perhaps we could create shovel-exchange centers in neighborhoods and folks could leave their ID and take a shovel for an hour or two?

I dunno.  Just thinking out-loud.

Heather sent in this photo from the Emory Commons Publix produce section about 30 minutes ago.

Pics of the meat and juice selection after the jump.

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And I ask for a third straight day, “Which Decatur businesses are open for business today?”

Will this be the last day of this post?  Who knows!  Roads were definitely improving yesterday evening, but I haven’t been out yet this morning so I can’t speak to it.

The city of Decatur’s Linda Harris lets us know that tonight’s Planning Commission Meeting has been postponed until next Wednesday, January 19th.

Additionally, Decatur Municipal Court for both today and tomorrow has been postponed until an undetermined date in the future.