Inside
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
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DHS athletes speak out
in school newspaper
EDUCATION 19
Heads up
Nonviolent crime up,
police chef says
PUBLIC SAFETY 21
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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
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