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Inside The Branches Residents say they found a neighborhood for life WHERE YOU LIVE 2 Crossing over Local lawmakers hurry to meet legislative deadlines COMMUNITY 4 Jester writes Former DeKalb school board member discusses troubles COAAMENTARY 8 Joyful voices Local clergy plan simple Easter sermons FAITH 21 Standouts These students excel in sports, athletics and drama EDUCATION 24 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Dunwoody Reporter l www.ReporterNewspapers.net , MARCH 22 - APRIL 4 2013 • VOL. 4 - NO. 6 Pages 9-15 Handshakes all around PHIL MOSIER From left, Max Marion, Hudson Fletcher and Jake Oliver, members of the Dunwoody Middle School baseball league, congratulate each other after beating Greater Atlanta Christian School, 10-6 on March 9 in Dunwoody. More photos on page 23. New school board faces ‘critical’ year Blf JOE EARLE Joeearle@reporternewspapers. net John Coleman sees the next year as “critical” for DeKalb Coun ty’s schools. Coleman is one of six people appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal on March 13 to hold seats on the DeKalb school board. Coleman and his fellow appointees replace board members Deal suspended from office after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, an accrediting agency, put the district’s accreditation on probation. The agency criticized the board for meddling improperly in school affairs and for financial mismanagement. SEE NEW DEKALB, PAGE 6 Council struggling over ethics ordinance rewrite BY JOE EARLE Joeearle@reporternewspapers. net Debate over efforts to rewrite the city’s ethics complaint pro cedures came to a sudden stop during the May 11 City Council meeting. “The city ethics ordinance is too important to rush through this process,” Councilwoman Adrian Bonser told other council mem bers about the proposed rewrite of the ethics ordinance. “We need to get this right.” On Jan. 14, the council approved a 90-day moratorium on ac ceptance of ethics complaints while the city worked out a new pro- SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 5 A HEARING AID THAT CAN DO ALL THISP FREE demonstration and hearing screening! ■ Audiological Consultants of Atlanta “Since 1983” You Could Be Hearing From Us.
