Inside
Team players
West Paces/Northside
residents unite on issues
COMMUNITY 2
Mission man
Sen. Jim Tysinger: ‘A
true collaborator’
COAAMENTARY 6
Pope power
Area Catholics share
thoughts for new pontiff
FAITH 16
Janis Jr.?
Emotion is key in this
guitarist’s songs
STANDOUT STUDENT 18
Chopping
block
Proposed county cuts
could be ‘devastating’
EDUCATION 22
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FEB. 22 - MARCH 7,2013 • VOL. 7 - NO. 4
Pirates primed to party
PHIL MOSIER
All hands on deck as, front row from left, Andrew Feinberg, Sandy Bowen, Phillip Jarrell, John Griner, Cade
McDonald, Jamie Walker and Fleet Medford on Feb. 10 enjoy the sights and sounds of the first Mardi Gras
celebration and parade along Club Valley Drive in Buckhead’s Historic Brookhaven neighborhood.
Achievement varies
among superintendents
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
In the summer of 2011 three su
perintendents took over three of the
largest school districts in the state
— Atlanta Public Schools, DeKalb
County Schools and Fulton Coun
ty Schools.
It hasn’t been an easy 18 months
for any of them, but one superin
tendent has fared better than the
others.
DeKalb County Schools Super
intendent Cheryl Atkinson is out
the door. Atlanta Public Schools Su
perintendent Erroll Davis survived
an attempted ouster. Fulton Coun
ty Schools Superintendent Robert
Avossa, who avoided political in
trigue, makes speeches about the fu
ture.
In 2011, Reporter Newspa
pers wrote that the superinten-
SEE ACHIEVEMENT, PAGE 19
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Crime stats offer new
insights into increase
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
The Buckhead Reporter wanted a better picture of the
community’s 2012 crime statistics after the Atlanta Police
Department reported that Buckhead saw an increase in the
number of crimes recorded while numbers in other parts of
the city declined.
In 2012, crime rose by 8 percent in Buckhead’s Zone 2,
the only police zone in the city that had an overall increase.
The Atlanta police provided a beat-by-beat breakdown of
Part 1 crimes, the most serious offenses. The Reporter looked
at the 13 beats in Zone 2 and applied the data APD provided
to each one. The resulting map, which you can find on Page
5, provides a look at where crime occurs.
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