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Newspaper Page TextInside Rocky top Construction under way on park path COMMUNITY 2 Orchid angel Gardener saves plants in way of Brook Run trail COMMUNITY 3 Mission man Sen. Jim Tysinger: ‘A true collaborator’ COAAMENTARY 6 Sound-off V/lldsalifi’yday^' Course Schedule, Anyone? 'IT ■N i Ym" IBB "m ' .. ■ DHS athletes speak out in school newspaper EDUCATION 19 Heads up Nonviolent crime up, police chef says PUBLIC SAFETY 21 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Dun woody Reporter www. Reporter Newspapers, net FEB. 22 - MARCH 7,2013 • VOL. 4 - NO. 4 Taking flight like a bird PHIL MOSIER Tilden Ellis, 4, left, and his friend Grayson Richmond, 3, take a break from bird watching at the Dunwoody Nature Center on Feb. 16. The two were participating in the annual nationwide Great Backyard Bird Count program at the center, where adults and children had lessons on species identification and observation. School board’s actions frustrate, anger parents BY JOE EARLE AND MELISSA WEINMAN Frustrated North DeKalb parents say they are losing confidence in the ability of county school officials to deal with the possible loss of the system’s accreditation. “Parents are frustrated and discouraged and we re angry,” said Sarah Smith, co-president of the Dunwoody-Chamblee Parents Council. “Were starting to lose hope.” Amy LeVasseur, co-president of the Dunwoody Elementa ry PTO, called the school system a “top concern” among parents. “Parents want answers and I think they deserve to get answers from the people who are running their schools,” she said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Davis: ‘It’s time for us to act’ BY JOE EARLE joeearle@reporternewspapers.net Dunwoodys first years as a city were a time for planning, May or Mike Davis said, and, in 2013, “our goal is to turn ... our vi sion into reality.” “It’s time for us to act,” the mayor said during his 2013 State of the City address on Feb. 19. He outlined large and small projects planned for the city, in cluding new designs for troubled road intersections, upgrading amenities in city parks, the Dunwoody Village Parkway project and the redevelopment in the Georgetown area of the city. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Audiological Consultants of Atlanta “Since 1983” You Could Be Hearing From Us.

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Dunwoody reporter. (Sandy Springs, GA) 20??-current, February 22, 2013, Image 1