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The Champion, Thursday, May 21 - 27, 2015
EDUCATION
PAGE 19A
New county schools superintendent named
by Ashley Oglesby
ashley@dekalbchamp .com
The five-month search
for a successor to Super
intendent Michael Thur
mond is coming to an end.
DeKalb Board of Edu
cation chairman Melvin
Johnson announced on
May 13 that the board had
selected Kansas City, Mo.,
school superintendent Dr.
R. Stephen Green as the
finalist to lead the DeKalb
County School District.
Green is currently in
a five-year contract with
Kansas City Public Schools
(KCPS). He started with the
district in August 2011 as
interim superintendent. He
took the job permanently in
2012. A formal contract is
expected to be offered on
May 27.
Thurmond is scheduled
to step down in June but has
agreed to be a consultant for
the new superintendent to
assist in a “smooth transi
tion.”
Johnson said Green is
expected to join the DeKalb
County School district on
July 1.
“After a comprehensive
nearly six-month search,
the board has selected an
experienced, well-suited
educational leader to move
the district forward under
his successful innovative
approaches to teaching and
learning,” said Johnson.
“Dr. Green brings an im
pressive record to DeKalb
not only from Kansas City,
but also from New York,
New Jersey and Indiana.
He was a stabilizing force
in Kansas City and will do
the same here in DeKalb
County.”
“Dr. Green is excited
to come here,” Johnson
said. “He has children and
grandchildren here so for his
family it is sort of a home
coming.”
Green is credited with
leading KCPS back to pro
visional accreditation within
two years of being named
Green
superintendent in 2012. He
had previously served as
KCPS interim superinten
dent for several months.
Johnson said, “We feel in
terms of his leadership style,
his ability to work with
board members and super
intendents in a collaborative
way and certainly his exper
tise in finance resulting in
the last three years having
an audit with no recommen
dations - that’s impressive.”
Under Green’s leader
ship, KCPS earned 92.5
points toward Missouri’s
school achievement stan
dards in 2014. That was 8.5
points more than the school
district earned in 2013, and
a 54.5-point increase from
the 2012 results.
In August 2014, Mis
souri’s board of education
recognized the district’s
gains by granting KCPS
provisional accreditation.
Earlier this year, he was
recognized for his achieve
ments by being named Mis
souri’s 2015 Pearce Award
winner-“Best Superinten
dent of the Year”-by his
peers in the Missouri As
sociation of School Admin
istrators.
Green said in a press
conference, he had a great
experience serving the
stakeholders of KCPS,
which makes the decision to
leave for DeKalb difficult.
“I have had a unique
and wonderful opportunity
to make a difference for a
deserving community and
work with a great team at
KCPS,” Green said. “I wish
them all the best as they rise
to success. I know they have
the talent, focus and grit to
make it happen.”
KCPS Board of Direc
tors Chair Jon Hile thanked
Green for his service and
wished Green well moving
forward.
Green said, “I am look
ing forward to helping lead
DeKalb schools to new
elevations and to being able
to spend a lot of quality time
with my children and grand
children,” Dr. Green said.
“These opportunities don’t
come around very often, and
I simply could not pass it
up.”
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Chamblee, Georgia will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at the Chamblee Civic Center, 3540
Broad Street, Chamblee, GA 30341 at 6:00 p.m. to receive public comments regarding the following matters:
1. The Chamblee Mayor and Council will consider adopting policies and procedures for calling and conducting public zoning hearings consistent with O.C.G.A.
Sect. 36-66-5 (Georgia Zoning Procedures Law).
2. The Chamblee Mayor and Council will consider adopting standards governing the exercise of zoning power consistent with O.C.G.A. Sect. 36-66-5 (Georgia
Zoning Procedures Law).
3. The Chamblee Mayor and Council will consider approval of an ordinance adopting a new "Unified Development Ordinance" (UDO) for the City of Chamblee,
dated March 17, 2015, along with three Addenda that shall be known as "UDO Addendum 1 - Design Guidelines For Multi-Family Districts, Infill Development
and Adaptive Reuse", "UDO Addendum 2 - Buffer, Landscaping, And Tree Preservation Administrative Guidelines", and "UDO Addendum 3 - Streetscape
GuidelinesThe ordinance adopting these documents will repeal conflicting ordinances including Chapter 34 - Environment; Chapter 93 - Development
Regulations; Appendix A - Zoning Ordinance; Appendix B — Subdivision Regulations; Appendix C: Airport Related Provisions; Tree Preservation Ordinance
Administrative Guidelines; Streetscape Guidelines and Street Designations Map, as well as other conflicting provisions of the City of Chamblee Code of
Ordinances.
4. 2015V-09: Darron Kusman, on behalf of Roma Ventures, LLC requests a stream buffer variance pursuant to Sect. 310-3(c) of the City of Chamblee Code of
Ordinances, Appendix A, Unified Development Ordinance in order to develop a subdivision consisting of 4 single-family residential lots on 1.4 acres of
property zoned Neighborhood Residential -1 (NR-1) located at 3062 Park Lane and 3114 Skyland Drive being DeKalb County tax parcels 18-278-03-127 and
18-278-03-125 in Chamblee, GA.
5. 2015V-09: Darron Kusman, on behalf of Roma Ventures, LLC requests a floodplain variance pursuant to Section 330-4(c) in accordance with Section 330-6 in
order to develop a subdivision consisting of 4 single-family residential lots on 1.4 acres of property zoned Neighborhood Residential -1 (NR-1) located at 3062
Park Lane and 3114 Skyland Drive being DeKalb County tax parcels 18-278-03-127 and 18-278-03-125 in Chamblee, GA.
6. 2015V-09: Darron Kusman, on behalf of Roma Ventures, LLC requests a floodplain variance pursuant to Section 330-5(f) in accordance with Section 330-6 in
order to develop a subdivision consisting of 4 single-family residential lots on 1.4 acres of property zoned Neighborhood Residential -1 (NR-1) located at 3062
Park Lane and 3114 Skyland Drive being DeKalb County tax parcels 18-278-03-127 and 18-278-03-125 in Chamblee, GA.
7. 2015V-09: Darron Kusman, on behalf of Roma Ventures, LLC requests a floodplain variance pursuant to Section 330-4(c) in order to develop a subdivision
consisting of 4 single-family residential lots on 1.4 acres of property zoned Neighborhood Residential -1 (NR-1) located at 3062 Park Lane and 3114 Skyland
Drive being DeKalb County tax parcels 18-278-03-127 and 18-278-03-125 in Chamblee, GA.
8. 2015PUD-04: Mr. James Jacobi, on behalf of JEH Homes and property owner Atlanta Animal Alliance, Inc. requests approval of a modification of an existing
Planned Unit Development on 5.03-acres located at 3550 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road pursuant to Section 280-6(c) of the City of Chamblee Code of
Ordinances, Appendix A, Unified Development Ordinance in order to construct a residential subdivision consisting of 41 townhomes on private streets on
property being DeKalb County tax parcel 18-249-11-008 in Chamblee, GA.
9. 2015PUD-06: Mr. Neville Allison, of Acadia Homes and Neighborhoods, requests approval of a major modification of an existing Planned Unit Development
on a 19.84-acres zoned Corridor Commercial (CC) located at 4251 North Peachtree Road, 2215 Perimeter Park Drive, and 4250 Perimeter Park South
pursuant to Section 280-6(c) of the City of Chamblee Code of Ordinances, Appendix A, Unified Development Ordinance in order to construct a mixed use
development consisting of 123 townhomes, 33 single-family detached residences, and a 2.1 acre commercial tract on DeKalb County tax parcels 18-334-05-
001, 18-334-01-169, and 18-334-01-001 in Chamblee, GA.
10. 2015V-10: Mr. Harry Patel, on behalf of Global Hotel Group, requests approval of variances from the following provisions of the City of Chamblee Code of
Ordinances, Appendix A, Unified Development Ordinance in order to construct a principal freestanding sign with a height of 25 ft. and area of 64 sq. ft. on
property consisting of 1.838 acres zoned Corridor Commercial (CC) at 5280 Peachtree Boulevard, being DeKalb County tax parcel 18-291-01-003 in
Chamblee, GA:
• Section 260-7(b)(3) that limits height of a principal freestanding signs to 8 ft.
• Section 260-7(b)(5) that limits the area of a principal freestanding sign on properties with less than 200 ft. of street frontage to 40 sq. ft.
11. 2015Z-03: The Chamblee Mayor and Council will consider approval of an ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Chamblee to change the
zoning classification of the following parcels from Village Commercial (VC) to Corridor Village Commercial (CVC):
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-277-02-006, also known as 4761 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-277-02-005, also known as 4775 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-277-02-004, also known as 4783 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-277-02-003, also known as 4805 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-277-02-002, also known as 4829 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-277-02-001, also known as 4839 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-278-02-012, also known as 4847 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-278-02-011, also known as 4849 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA
• DeKalb County Parcel ID: 18-278-02-010, also known as 4865 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA.