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Inside Education Guide Winter 2013 PAGES 13-28 Hot stuff Three ongoing issues fire up residents COMMUNITY 3 Out the door? Petition circulating to remove school board COMMUNITY 4 Party on Synagogue celebrates 125th anniversary FAITH 6 Street feet Group brings warmth, love to homeless MAKING A DIFFERENCE 8 Warning shot Gun control discussion needed now COAAMENTARY 11 Unplain Jane Literary society reveres novelist Austen COMMUNITY 32 Number one Police chief named ‘Citizen of the Year’ COMMUNITY 38 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Dun woody Reporter www. Reporter Newspapers, net JAN. 11 - JAN. 24,2013 • VOL. 4 - NO. 1 Going to be a busy year PHIL MOSIER From left, Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) discuss issues such as ethics reform, an independent school system for Dunwoody, and the state’s budget woes at a legislative forum at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. More photos on page 31. Legislators gearing up for return to Gold Dome BY MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net As state legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they have a lot to think about. One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront is the controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board. The system was recently placed on accreditation probation by Ad- vancED, the accrediting agency. Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Ed ucation Committee, said at a recent forum that DeKalb County schools are his No. 1 priority. “I’m guardedly optimistic we can turn this thing around,” Mil lar said. A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is sched uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If SEE LEGISLATORS, PAGE 34 Court extends order halting Brook Run trail By TOM ODER A court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city officials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan. Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order against the trail will remain in effect until she holds a full hearing on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan for the trail must convince her that its construction through the forest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped. Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will re quire removal of more than 300 trees. City officials say an equal number of trees will be replanted. The judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add- SEE BROOK RUN, PAGE 35
