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Insideon boardMembers selected to represent city
commuNitY 2
Home baseSearch is on for new City Hall
commuNitY 3
mission manSen. Jim Tysinger: ‘A
true collaborator’
commeNtaRY 6
Latino liaisonCity reaching out to Spanish-
speaking community
commuNitY 5
pope powerArea Catholics share
thoughts for new pontiff
faitH 16
BY JOE EARLE AND MELISSA WEINMANFrustrated North DeKalb parents say they are losing confi dence
in the ability of county school offi cials to deal with the possible loss of the school system’s accreditation.
“Parents are frustrated and discouraged and we’re angry,” said Sarah Smith, co-president of the Dunwoody-Chamblee Parents Council. “We’re starting to lose hope.”
BY MELISSA [email protected]
Brookhaven City Council is looking to create a development au-thority that would have the ability to infl uence an impending de-velopment around the Brookhaven MARTA station.
Th e development authority would be an autonomous board with the power to take out bonds to fi nance big projects for
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Brookhaven names city zoning, planning boards
BY MELISSA [email protected]
Th e city of Brookhaven has created two boards that will complete the frame-work needed for the new city’s zoning process.
At the City Council’s Feb. 12 meet-ing, Mayor J. Max Davis announced his appointments to the Planning Commis-sion and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Each seven-member board contains a few names familiar to those who have followed the new city’s progress. For ex-ample, Hope Bawcom, a former candi-date for City Council, and Jed Beardsley, a member of the Governor’s Commis-sion on Brookhaven, will serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Stan Segal, named chairman of the Planning Commission, was a mem-ber of Citizens for North DeKalb, the group that funded a study to deter-mine if it was feasible to create a city of Brookhaven.
Th e Planning Commission is an ad-visory board that will hear zoning appli-cations and make recommendations to City Council.
“Th e Planning Commission is the fi rst step of the zoning process and a very important step,” said Councilman Jim Eyre.
Th e Zoning Board of Appeals has the authority to make decisions when appli-cants ask for variances to the city’s zon-ing code.
Davis said he took a long time to vet all the candidates to fi nd a qualifi ed mix of people to represent the city. Davis also appointed two municipal court judges and a member to the forthcoming alco-hol review board, which will hear viola-tions of the city’s permits for serving al-coholic beverages.
“We have a good, diverse mix of very strong candidates,” Davis said.
But at the council’s Feb. 11 work ses-sion, Eyre said he was disappointed by how many of the appointments lived in District 1.
“It’s frustrating we have such a heavy
weighting north of Peachtree,” Eyre said. “It seems to be a little disproportional to the rest of the city.”
Davis said he felt qualifi cations were more important than which district peo-ple lived in.
“I try not to break us down into dis-tricts or north of Peachtree or south of Peachtree. I don’t want to divide this city,” Davis said.
Appointed to city boards were:
Zoning Board of appeals1. Tim Nama, chairman2. Corey Self3. Hope Bawcom4. Glenn Viers5. Don Bolia6. Kent Gipson7. Jed Beardsley
planning commission1. Stan Segal, chairman2. Shannon Cameron 3. Jack Honderd4. Adrian Schmidt5. John Funny6. Rob Francour7. John Hess
Alcohol Board1. Joseph Patin, Chairman
Judge1. Laura Stevenson, Chief2. Jonathan Granade, Pro tem
Source: city of Brookhaven
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Offi cials hunting for new City Hall closer to home
BY MELISSA [email protected]
Brookhaven City Hall still shows all the signs of a new offi ce: blank walls, clean desks and fi le cabinets yet to be fi lled.
Even though city offi cials have only been in the Ashford Dunwoody Road offi ce building since December, council members already are on the hunt for a more permanent city hall.
Th e city signed a one-year lease for its temporary city hall, located in the city of Dunwoody. Th e lease will run out at the end of 2013.
At a recent work session, City Council heard from three real estate brokers vying to fi nd the city its next home.
Th eir main message? Get moving.“All of them made the point that we
needed to start looking yesterday. Time is of the essence,” said Councilwoman Rebecca Chase Williams.
Councilman Joe Gebbia said the city will likely need to settle on a building by the fall to leave time to build out and furnish the space so it’s ready by the end of the year.
“Th e objective is probably to choose our building by October,” Gebbia said.
Brookhaven will likely be looking at a three- to fi ve-year lease in an existing commercial building, Williams said.
“It’s a longer term [lease] than what we’re in now, but it’s somewhat open in terms of how long we would be in what-ever this next space is,” Williams said. “We still think this next location is not our forever-after home.”
One of the challenges city offi cials
will face as they search for a new City Hall is the limited commercial real es-tate in the city limits.
While the city was still taking shape, the Governor’s Commission on Brookhaven had a diffi cult time locat-ing a building for city hall. Th e facili-ty needed to be large enough to accom-modate the city’s administrative staff , be furnished and ready to move in, and have a landlord willing to have a munic-ipal government as a tenant.
“Some of the landlords didn’t want to have a government tenant in there,” Gebbia said.
So the best option for Brookhaven’s temporary city hall ended up being out-side the city.
As the offi cials set out on their next search, fi nding a suitable space in Brookhaven will be a priority.
“Th e objective, obviously, is to be home based,” Gebbia said.
Williams said the city will not be los-ing money when it leaves its current lo-cation.
“Th e good thing about the space we’re at is we didn’t do any build-out and we don’t have any money invested in it, per se. It came furnished,” Williams said. “When we get ready to move, everybody packs up their laptops and moves to the next location.”
Williams said building a city hall could be a possibility too, though it’s less likely.
“I think all options are on the table. We would have to just really examine specifi cs of each one,” Williams said.
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said the seven- to nine-member author-ity would act as the economic develop-ment arm for the city.
“Th e beauty of the bond-inducing power of the authority is it does not take away from the borrowing capacity of the city,” Garrett said.
Garrett told council members one of the most pressing reasons to form a de-velopment authority would be to gain “a seat at the table” when MARTA redevel-ops its Brookhaven station.
Interim City Attorney Bill Riley sug-gested the city create a development au-thority and come up with a conceptual plan to present to MARTA in the next six months.
Riley said though appointed by City Council, the development authority would be an autonomous board with a lot of power.
“It’s very important that you pick people of like mind that are going to be on that authority,” Riley said.
Mayor J. Max Davis chose not to ap-point members to the development au-thority at the Feb. 12 meeting, when he swore in members of other boards, in-cluding the Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals. “I don’t want to rush the Development Authori-ty” Davis said.
Lyle Harris, a spokesman for MAR-TA, said the Brookhaven station is one of 10 “focus stations” identifi ed by MARTA, based upon an analysis con-ducted in 2012. In an email, Harris said no specifi c timeline has been established for the redevelopment of the Brookhav-en station.
“We have made informal contact with the new planning director, Kevin McOmber, and are working to set up a formal, staff -level introductory meet-ing to discuss the future of the station and how MARTA can partner with Brookhaven on redevelopment of MAR-TA-owned property within Brookhav-en,” Harris said.
In 2005, the Atlanta Regional Com-mission conducted a Livable Center Ini-tiative Study, which identifi ed the area around the Brookhaven MARTA station as a location for mixed-use, transit ori-ented development. Th e plan was also to include a new Brookhaven library branch.
But the economic downturn and MARTA’s own budget issues stalled the project in 2011.
Harris said, “MARTA is still open to collaboration on the library, but have not had recent discussions while the city of Brookhaven has been established.”
He said MARTA still plans to use the LCI plan as the blueprint for any devel-opment. “A major criterion for our de-veloper selection will be how eff ectively the developer has incorporated the LCI Plan into his/her proposal,” Harris said in the email.
Councilman Jim Eyre, whose district includes the MARTA station, said he’s glad the LCI study led to an overlay zon-ing district that will lead to better devel-opment in the heart of the new city.
“I’m glad that the community had the foresight to start that process and get it done well before market forces be-gan to put the Brookhaven MARTA sta-tion on several peoples’ radar screens,” Eyre said. “We have guidelines that will at least give us a good starting point for whatever ends up happening out there.”
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Some Brookhaven offi cials are look-ing for help in fi nding ways to connect with the city’s large Spanish-speaking community.
Councilman Joe Gebbia, who rep-resents Brookhaven’s southernmost dis-trict encompassing much of the Buford Highway corridor, is working to orga-nize an advisory council that will serve as liaison to the Latino community. Many Latinos, who make up about 30 percent of Brookhaven’s population, live along Buford Highway.
Gebbia, along with Councilman Jim Eyre, met with residents on Feb. 15 for an early morning cup of coff ee to discuss the direction the committee should take.
Th ey met with Irma Walker, the program coordinator for the Hispan-ic Health Coalition of Georgia; Maria Duarte, a spokeswoman for Spanish lan-guage news channel Azteca Atlanta; and Kim Gokce, a leader of the Cross Keys Foundation, which supports Cross Keys High School.
“We need help understanding the community,” Eyre said. “We also need help from an advisory committee to un-derstand who the leaders are and who we need to get involved.”
Gebbia and Eyre said they hope the committee can come up with outreach initiatives that can introduce the new city to the large immigrant population.
At a recent council meeting, council members delayed a vote to begin “code compliance sweeps” of apartment build-ings and businesses along Buford High-way. Th e intent of the “sweeps” will be to identify buildings that are not up to code or businesses that are not operating with proper licenses.
Gebbia and Eyre said they want to make sure many residents’ fi rst inter-action with the city isn’t negative. “We want to put our foot forward in a very positive way,” Gebbia said.
Eyre said educating people about the city’s ordinances will be important. “We want to get out in front of that and make sure the community understands why we’re doing it,” Eyre said.
Th e city is now looking to begin its code enforcement eff orts on Buford Highway this summer, Gebbia said.
“We have time. We want to make sure we get this right,” Gebbia said.
Duarte, the Azteca Atlanta spokes-woman, said she would begin work on a media plan to involve radio stations, TV
Council members looking to engage Spanish-speaking community
stations and newspapers. Duarte also rec-ommended translating as many city ma-terials as possible into Spanish to make the Latino community feel included in the new city.
“Th ey may know enough English to run their small business, but they may not have the vocabulary to understand the ordinances,” Duarte said.
Walker said in addition to media, schools and churches are good institu-
tions to work through.“Radio is huge in our community.
Th e schools, the churches, that’s where they feel safe,” Walker said.
Gebbia is planning to reach out to parents at Woodward Elementary, which has a large number of Latino students.
“Th e key is creating a better level of communication and trust,” Gebbia said. “We don’t want to come in with any pre-conceived concept of what that is.”
MELISSSA WEINMAN
From left, Councilman Joe Gebbia, Councilman Jim Eyre, Maria Duarte and Irma Walker meet for breakfast to discuss ways to engage Brookhaven’s Spanish-speaking residents.
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Protect us from gun ‘crazies’
Editor’s note: In the Jan. 11-24 issue of Reporter Newspapers, Associate Editor Dan Whisenhunt o� ered his opinion on the debate over guns. In subsequent issues, readers have reacted to his thoughts and to the ideas expressed by other readers.
To the editor:I have read with interest the numer-
ous pro and con gun control letters to the editor. Th e real question is not whether we reject our Second Amend-ment, confi scate this or that gun, or chip away more of our freedoms. Th e question is how do we keep our schools,
public places and homes safe from the crazies (these murderers are not law-abiding, citizen gun owners) who would shoot up such places with weap-ons they will obtain no matter what the guns laws are?
Th e answer is we put something or someone in place to deter such individ-uals. It could be guards, metal detec-tors, permanent lock down, armed par-ticipants or one of the many ideas we
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dividuals before they can even enter the area or reach the victims. Th e answer is unless the protectors are on an equal footing to the shooter, i.e., they possess a weapon or the strength to deter, the shooter will prevail.
Just look at the protections for pub-lic offi cials, celebrities and any high-profi le individuals. Th ey employ armed guards 24-7. Rarely do we hear of any of those people shot, killed or injured.
Doesn’t that tell us something? Equal methods of protection are the way to deter any mass murderer or even a home invader.
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I do not know the words to fully describe the life of Sen. Jim Tysinger, who died Feb. 12. To the one, all who knew Jim called him a gentleman who without fail worked to better our state and com-munity.
But those words do little justice, for he was more than that. Elected to the council for the city of North DeKalb, Jim saw his city dissolved by the eff orts of his state senator. Unhappy, Jim ran against him and in 1968 was elected senator, a position he held through 2004.
At the time, Jim was one of just a handful of Republicans in the Georgia Legislature. Th is gives you an idea of Jim’s character -- undaunted by long odds.
In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Georgia Republicans were in short supply. But Jim believed his conservative principles were shared by many and Watergate did not defi ne his ethics. So he started the weekly North DeKalb Saturday Morning Breakfast Forum (now named after him) and the year-ly Lincoln Day Dinner.
Jim led these meetings to encourage conversation, not confl ict, to resolve the political issues of the day.
As a Georgia Tech engineer, Jim knew collaboration would produce better results. Th ese meetings were open to all, Democrats, Republicans, and nonpartisans alike. So long as the offi ce holders or seekers were honest and worked for the greater good, they were welcome.
And it was Jim who led the eff ort for DeKalb Republicans to reach out to African-Americans and Latinos throughout all of DeKalb Coun-ty.
Jim’s willingness to work with all while maintaining his principles was his trademark.
Th is is best refl ected in Jim chairing the Georgia State Senate Sci-ence and Technology Committee as a Republican when the senate was dominated by Democrats. Without Jim’s leadership and willingness to work with a Democratic governor, there would be no Brook Run Park in Dunwoody. Engineers like Jim know there is more than one way to span a river.
And while his list of legislative accomplishments is too long to set forth here, one recent event sums it up.
Th e Ashford-Dunwoody interchange over I-285 is named after Jim Tysinger. Last fall, when the Diverging Double Diamond Interchange (DDI) was christened, local and statewide offi cials, including the Lieu-tenant Governor who served with Jim as a senator, spent more time thanking Jim than talking about the fi rst of its kind interchange.
By way of background, it was Jim who sponsored the legislation that led to the creation of the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts, without which the Perimeter area would not be the Southeast’s top retail and offi ce market, and the DDI would not have been built.
What started as a celebration of a bridge became a celebration of an engineer who was more than just a builder of bridges.So, it is the engineer which we mourn in passing and celebrate in life. Senator Jim Tysinger is that gentleman who showed us
it is what we build to serve others that matters most.Dunwoody lawyer Bob Dallas serves as moderator of the Sen. Jim Tysinger Saturday Morning Breakfast Forum.
Long-time Sen. Tysinger ‘knew collaboration would produce better results’
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Retired state Sen. Jim Tysinger in the library at his home in Brookhaven.
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Local entrepreneurs looked in the mirror for new bossesBy Dan Whisenhunt
Dunwoody mom Emily Myers got in a financial jam back in 2008, so she started selling jams of her own to get out of it.
Myers is one of the local entrepreneurs who found happiness as well as hardship running a small business in a foundering economy. One Sandy Springs couple, Gail Smith and Randy
Dempsey, turned brewing craft beer into a second source of income. Jaime Foster, who lives in San-dy Springs, left her job as a medical sales rep and used her grandfather’s almond butter recipe to launch a new career.
Small business experts say they’re seeing more people tapping their hobbies and passions in search of profit, but success can be elusive.
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the Oxford Center University to educate entrepre-neurs, said the bottom line about building a suc-cessful company usually isn’t buying office furni-ture or developing a plan.
“In reality, the first thing you should do is get a customer,” Oxford said. “Will somebody write you a check for what you’re doing? That’s what we teach.”
Q&A: Alan Dabbiere –Page 8Dabbiere, chair-
man of AirWatch, a mobile device man-agement company in Sandy Springs, hopes his company grows to 5,000 employees in the next five to 10 years.
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Emily Myers ventured into the jam-making business in 2008 after her husband lost his job in the finance industry. Myers, a Dunwoody resident with two children, has expanded her product line to include sauces and relishes. Her company, Emily G’s, has shelf space in 180 stores nationwide.
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� e mobile device management company AirWatch was founded in 2003. � e Sandy Springs-based compa-ny now claims more than 3,000 customers in retail, � -nancial services, healthcare, government, distribution, education, hospitality, manufacturing, telecommunica-tions and transportation.
AirWatch Chairman Alan Dabbiere joined the com-pany in 2006. Before that, Dabbiere founded Manhat-tan Associates, a supply-chain executive software com-pany that went public in 1998. Ernst & Young named him the Southeast Industry Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999.
On Jan. 25, AirWatch announced that over the next six months, it planned to add about 800 jobs, most of them at its Sandy Springs headquarters.
Reporter Newspapers posed some questions to Dab-biere about AirWatch and its growth and high-tech businesses in the Perimeter area.
Q What convinced you to locate AirWatch in Sandy Springs and the Perimeter area?
A AirWatch is a fast-growing business in mobile se-curity and management. Our customers can be
every business that uses a phone, from � ve to 100,000 mobile devices. Given this rapid growth and opportu-nity, Sandy Springs is an area where we can attract tech-nology talent from the greater Atlanta area.
Q AirWatch has grown from 150 employees to 1,000 employees in about two years, with
about 650 of your employees located in Sandy
Springs. How many employees do you think Air-Watch will have working in Sandy Springs and worldwide in � ve years, or 10 years?
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Q What does the Perimeter area have to o� er to high-tech businesses? What does the area need
in order to attract more high-tech businesses?
A � e area o� ers a friendly business climate and an ideal location to draw from the high-tech talent
that resides everywhere from the northern suburbs to the downtown city area. � e MARTA station makes it easy for commuters, and, to some extent, proofs us against future congestion.
Q What’s the biggest hurdle your company faces at present?
A Expanding our employee base at more than 100 percent year-over-year growth creates good chal-
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Q During the recent press conference at your headquarters, you called Georgia “the kind of
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A Georgia has such a high quality of work force. � eir loyalty to companies, combined with a cos-
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By Dan Whisenhunt
Chip Stockton relaxes by moving.“I’m more of a doer than a talker,”
he said. The president of H. Stockton At-
lanta, a men’s clothing store with four locations in the metro area, said he’s been able to stay in business by out-working the competition.
One recent afternoon, the 59-year-old wore a soft-colored tweed coat and twill trousers as he zipped around Stockton’s Perimeter store in Dunwoody. Belt buckles and buttons glowed under the soft lights and the room smelled of polished leather.
Upstairs, his business partners, Patrick Dye and Joel Patton, waited for him with a selection of patterns they were considering for the fall 2013 inventory. Soon, Stockton joined them, taking the seat at the head of the ta-ble. As they studied pieces of fabric arranged on the table, Stockton often would stand from his chair, reaching over to point out a pattern he liked.
Stockton said over the years he’s learned that sitting still puts him at a disadvantage in a business where his competitors – national retail chains – are down the street.
“What’s changed for me is that I’ve realized I’ve got to work harder than the next guy to be successful,” Stock-ton said.
Stockton went into business as a youngster with his father, Ham Stock-ton, and they ran a store on Forsyth Street in Atlanta. He began work-ing in the suit-selling business when he was 12. He moved to the Perime-ter area in 1980. For 17 years, he part-nered with his brother, Court, who passed away in 2010.
The Perimeter store staff takes turns choosing that day’s music se-lection, piping pop music in through
the speakers. Once Stockton tried his hand at working in the music busi-ness, but said he “starved” trying to make a career out of it.
“I still like that,” Stockton said. “But I do want to eat.”
Distinguishing oneself in the dis-tinguished gentleman’s clothing busi-ness became a game of contrasts. The chain stores trotted out flashy duds with foreign labels; he looked for un-derstated garments made in America. Stockton estimates around 70 percent of his inventory is made in the United States and he makes regular trips to New York to “beat the bushes.”
“We canvass the market to see ev-erything that’s out there,” Stockton said.
He said figuring out what he doesn’t like for his store is as important as de-termining what he does.
As he’s evolved in the business his company has relied on sportswear – trousers, shirts and sweaters – as another angle to explore his toned-down aesthetic. Stockton wants to provide clothes that won’t stick out in a closet, but will still look sharp.
“Our challenge has been to make sportswear understated but interest-ing,” he said.
Stockton prides himself on be-ing local and said his business has thrived on building relationships with the community, even members who aren’t customers. He has a wife, Anne, and two grown children: his son, William Stockton, and a daugh-ter, Hannah Orth.
The people who sell his suits have been with him for 15 to 20 years, he said, and the sales staff does all the tailoring upstairs.
“The person who fits you is the person who measures your garment,” Stockton said. “If you do want a rela-tionship, we’re here for you.”
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Chip Stockton, president of H. Stockton atlanta, shows off some of his latest inventory at the perimeter store. H. Stockton, a metro area retailer with four locations, sells men’s clothing.
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Chambers, local officials welcome new businesses
New businesses offering anything from eye care to wine to holistic medicine are starting up in the Pe-rimeter, one of the larg-est commercial markets in metro Atlanta. Here’s a sampling of recent ribbon cut-
tings formally marking the opening of new com-panies in the area. Pho-tos were provided by the Sandy Springs/Perim-eter Chamber of Com-merce and the Dunwoody
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HarborTouch, a supplier of point of sale systems, credit card processing equipment and other merchant services, joined the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce. From left, Sean Carter, HarborTouch, Bill Grant, Bill Grant Homes, Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall, Dorothy Burke, Dunwoody
Chamber of Commerce, Debbie Fuse, executive director, Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce, Kevin Mahony, Dr. Erika Henry, Glen Fuse,
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SPECIALMathnasium, a math learning center for children in second grade
through high school, opened its doors at 5552-B Chamblee Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody, and celebrated with a ribbon cutting. From left, Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall, Dunwoody Mayor
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Absolute Holistic Medicine, an alternative medicine clinic located at 1868 Independence Square in Dunwoody, recently held a ribbon
cutting on Feb. 13, marking its grand opening. From left, Sara Massey, representing the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce, Dunwoody
City Councilman Terry Nall, Dr. Jitao Bai, owner, Charln Chou and Cindy Wang, were joined by representatives from the Atlanta Chinese Culture Center and Atlanta Chinese Christian Church.
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Willa Bryan, center, along with parents
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Myers said she succeeded be-cause she didn’t have a choice.
Her husband, Matt, lost his fi-nancial industry job in 2008, and she had two toddlers at home. What began on an afternoon spent picking strawberries turned into an income for Myers during the worst of the recession. Her family still depends on it, she said.
“I tell people literally, when they buy jam I can pay for my kid to go to soccer,” Myers said. “There’s a direct correlation between my abil-ity to do things for my family and how successfully this company is.”
Her company, Emily G’s, has ex-panded to include sauces and rel-ishes. Emily G’s products can be found at 180 stores nationwide.
Myers had worked as a sous-chef in Ohio, so making jam wasn’t a challenge. The hard part was missing her kids’ soccer games, working late and learning how to make money off her ideas. In some ways, the job was harder than be-ing a mom, she said.
“If I screw up, my kids will for-give me,” Myers said. “The bank will not.”
Dempsey has brewed beer at home since the 1980s. In 2009, he wanted to step up from bottling small batches at home to putting six-packs on store shelves. His first test batch debuted at the 5 Seasons Brewing Compa-ny in Sandy Springs and went over well. Milestones flowed: in April 2010, O’Dempsey’s shipped its Big Red Ale to Savannah Distributing, followed by Inukshuk IPA in Sep-tember 2010. Today O’Dempsey’s is sold in five states.
“One of the unexpected plea-sures is, you go into a bar, you sit down and I order my own beer and I pay for it,” Dempsey said. “I’m buying my beer and paying retail price for it happily. For some reason, I get a kick out of it.”
Both Smith and Dempsey still hold day jobs. Dempsey designs trade shows and Smith runs an-other small business, CFO Advi-sory Associates. Smith handles
O’Dempsey’s finances and nav-igates the maze of state alcohol regulations standing between the product and retailers. Every state is different, she said.
“One of the key things is do-ing enough research to make sure that you choose good distributors, because once you’re tied to a dis-tributor you’re kind of stuck with
them for good or bad,” Smith said.
Both O’Dempsey’s and Emily G’s manufacture their products elsewhere. O’Dempsey’s production
facility is in South Carolina, and Emily G’s is in south Georgia to keep production costs under con-trol.
Foster operates her commercial kitchen in Chamblee because shar-ing a kitchen could potentially ex-pose her homemade NaturAlmond almond butter to gluten and pea-nuts, she said. She produces the
brand as a prod-uct of her com-pany, Hinsdale & Foster Provi-sions.
The com-pany official-ly opened in April 2012. Fos-ter said she left the lucrative and exhausting world of med-ical sales be-
cause she wanted to focus on what was most important.
“I traveled a lot,” Foster said. “I was gone all the time and had two small children. My mother’s sick
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and life’s too short.”She said the business exceed-
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“I personally love to cook, love to entertain,” Foster said. “I’m pas-sionate about food and healthy life-styles, and this product fits within everything I believe.”
Peter Rassel, a business consul-tant at Georgia State University Small Business Development Cen-ter, said success varies: 50 percent of the businesses he helped nur-ture are still open after five years, the survival benchmark for young companies. About 25 percent of the businesses close. The rest struggle, their owners unwilling to concede their life’s work might be their big-gest mistake.
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Chamber SingersSaturday, March 9, 7 p.m. – � e High Point University Chamber Singers, coming o� of a sold-out concert in Carnegie Hall, will perform choral works from Brahms to Moses Hogan. $10 suggested donation. Dunwoody United Methodist Church, 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. Call 770-394-0675 to � nd out more.
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Saturday, March 9, 8-9 p.m. – Ogletho-rpe University hosts � e Atlanta Concert Band, with Paul Scanling, conductor. $10 general admis-sion. No advance sales. Box o� ce opens at 7 p.m. Conant Performing Arts Center, 4484 Peachtree Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-504-1074 or visit: www.oglethorpe.edu for details.
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Thrift Boutique SaleMonday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. – It’s time for the Community Assistance Center’s thrift bou-tique sale! Check out winter clothes bargains for the whole family. Everything must go to make way for spring fashions! Sale continues through Friday, March 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Saturday March 2, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Proceeds support emergency assistance and pro-grams at CAC. Free admission and open to all. 1130 Hightower Trail, Sandy Springs, 30350. To learn more, visit: www.ourcac.org or call 770-552-4889.
Buckhead CelebrationFriday, March 1, 7-11 p.m. – � e Buck-head Heritage Society presents “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” celebrating the 175th anniversary of the founding of the community. $150 for Buck-head Heritage Society and Buckhead Business As-sociation members; $175 for non-members. Enjoy music, dancing, drinks and hors d’oeuvres. At � e Buckhead � eatre, 3110 Roswell Rd., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Visit: www.buckheadheritage.com to pur-chase tickets or call 404-467-9447 with questions.
Daffodil DashSunday, March 3, 8:30 a.m. – � e Da� o-dil Dash, a 1-mile and 5K run/walk, remembers the 1.5 million children who perished in the Ho-locaust. Funds raised support Holocaust education and help children in humanitarian crises around the world. Race starts at Georgia Perimeter College, 2101 Womack Rd., Dunwoody, 30338, and ends at the Abe Besser Holocaust Memorial at the Marcus Jewish Community Center-Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., 30338. Registration, 8:30 a.m.; 5K run/walk, 9:30 a.m.; 1-mile run/walk, 9:45 a.m. $20 by Feb. 25; $25 after. Kids under 10 years, $12. Register on-line at www.da� odildash.org.
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Library Lock-inFriday, March 1, 5:45-9 p.m. – Hang out, eat pizza and play games with the children’s librari-ans, Ms. Du� y and Ms. Germon when the library is closed! � is is like a sleep-over without the sleeping part. Sign up required and started Feb. 1. Space is very limited. Free and open to the community. NOTE: for ages 8 and 9 only. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: shannon.du� [email protected] to sign up or to ask questions. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328.
Dr. SeussSaturday, March 2, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. – Cel-ebrate “Read Across America Day” and Dr. Suess’ birthday! View the special Seuss bulletin board dis-play, check out books from the display, and get Se-uss coloring pages and activity sheets. Make a Dr. Seuss bookmark during the month of March, just ask the librarian! Free and appropriate for ages 3-12. Continues through March 30. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 to � nd out more.
Zombie Apocalypse!Saturday, March 2, 12-4 p.m. – Teens, get ready for the worst with these helpful tips on emergency pre-paredness provided by Sandy Springs Fire & Rescue. � en become a zombie with the help of a make-up and FX artist! For middle and high school youth. Brain cravings optional, but registration is required. Free and open to the public. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: [email protected] to sign up or call 404-303-6130.
Pasta Salad SavvyWednesday, March 6, 4:30 p.m. – Get ready to cook up a storm by making healthy snacks. Sign up required and started Feb. 1. Space is limited. Free and open to the community. For ages 7-11. Come by, call 404-303-6130 or email: [email protected] to reserve your space. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon High-way, Sandy Springs, 30328.
Ballet AuditionsFriday, March 8, 4:30 p.m. – � e Sandy Springs Ballet Company auditions dancers, ages 11-18. Group 1 auditions, March 8, 4:30 p.m., for dancers entering grades 5-6, for the Appren-tice program; Group 2 auditions, Sunday, March 10, 1 p.m., for grades 7-9 for the Apprentice pro-gram; Group 3, March 10, 3 p.m., for grades 10-12 for the Pre-professional program. Previous ballet ex-perience required. $20 audition fee. Female attire: black leotard, pink tights, pink shoes. Male: black tights/shorts, white t-shirt, white shoes. No jewelry, nail polish, or heavy makeup. Call 404-256-5542 for an application package. � e Bush Centre for Bal-let, 6215 Black Water Trail, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call Rosalyn Bush at 404-256-5542 for more de-tails. www.bushballetcentre.com.
Turtle ToursSaturday, March 9, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Her-itage Sandy Springs’ “Turtle Tours,” an education-al series appropriate for children ages 2- 5, contin-ues. In this program, museum mascots “Sandy” the Chipmunk and “Spring” the Turtle learn about nature. Free; donations encouraged. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, 30328. For more in-formation, email: [email protected], call 404-851-9111 or visit: www.heritagesan-dysprings.org.
Luck O’ the Irish Saturday, March 9, 12-4 p.m. – To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, children ages 4-12 can drop in be-tween 12- 4 p.m. and make an Irish craft as a par-ent and child activity. Free and open to the public. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305. Email: [email protected] or call 404-814-3500 for details.
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“Moving to Georgia”� ursday, Feb. 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Join others for Attorney Miles Hurley’s “Moving to Geor-gia,” a legal guide for new se-nior residents. After getting settled in their new homes, many families wonder about
their legal documents. Common questions new res-idents have will be discussed. Free and open to the community. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres served. RSVP to Hallmark Buckhead, 404-442-2700. 650 Phipps Blvd., Atlanta, 30326. Visit: www.hurleye-claw.com for more information or email: klewis@-hurleyeclaw.¬com.
Happy Families� ursday, Feb. 28, 7:30-9 p.m. – “A Page from the Book Festival” of the Marcus Jewish Com-munity Center-Atlanta welcomes New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler, columnist on con-temporary families. He discusses his latest book “� e Secret of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More.” Members, $8; non-members, $13. Open to the public. 5342 Tilly Mill Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. To learn more, go to: www.atlantajcc.org/bookfestival or call the box of-� ce at 678-812-4005.
Prepare for DepartureSaturday, March 2, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – You may have a retirement plan, a will and Power of At-torney in place, but it may not be enough. Attend this one-day seminar to hear eight experts speak on: med-ical ethics; legal issues; organ/tissue donation; hospice/palliative care; the funeral rite. Seminar begins with co� ee and light breakfast at 9 a.m.; workshop begins at 9:30 a.m. Lunch provided. $10 per person. Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Moylan Hall, 1350 Hearst Dr., Brookhaven, 30319. For details and to register, call Kathy Fries at 770-458-0381 or via email: [email protected] or Kathy Gansereit at 404-308-7704 or [email protected].
Foundation FundraisingSaturday, March 2, 4-6 p.m. – Are you a repre-sentative of a nonpro� t organization? Are you new to fundraising? Do you want to learn how the funding re-search process works, and what tools and resources are available? Learn how to become a better grant seeker! Free and open the public. For adult audiences. Registra-tion required. To register online visit: www.grantspace.org/Classroom. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-303-6130 for additional information.
Jewish HistorySunday, March 3, 2 p.m. – � e Atlanta History Center welcomes Janice Rothschild Blumberg, a native Atlantan and graduate from the University of Georgia, who has studied American Jewish history while experi-encing it, as the widow of two Jewish leaders, civil rights activist Rabbi Jacob Rothschild and David Blumberg. She lectures on American Rabbi “Alphabet” Browne. Admission: $5 for members; $10 for non-members. Reservations required. Call 404-814-4150 or reserve online at: www.atlantahistorycenter.com. 130 W. Pac-es Ferry Rd., Atlanta, 30305.
Blue Birds Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Blue birds are a beautiful and common member of Geor-gia’s bird community, but attracting them to your backyard can be tricky. Give them a safe and attrac-tive place to nest. Each participant receives a nearly-completed nest box that they will � nish assembling, followed by advice on placement and instructions for mounting their nest box at home. $10. Appro-priate for all ages. Class size limited to 12. Led by Oglethorpe University’s Professor of Biology, Dr. Charlie Baube. Blue Heron Nature Preserve, 4055 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, 30342. Call 404-345-1008 or go to: www.bhnp.org to learn more.
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Catholics hope for an energetic, perhaps non-European popeBY JOE EARLE AND DAN WHISENHUNT
Several local Catholic parishioners said recently they hoped their church’s next worldwide leader would be energet-ic and ready to address new challenges.
“I don’t want to say ‘a younger man,’ but hopefully someone who has stronger physical capabilities, and also someone who can think globally, and not in a divi-sive fashion,” said Mary Mattson of Sandy Springs. “� e church has many di� erent facets to it globally and [the pope should be] someone who’s aware of that.”
Pope Benedict XVI stunned Cath-olics around the world with his an-nouncement Feb. 11 that he would re-sign on Feb. 28. � e 85-year-old ponti� said he would resign because of failing strength. He is the � rst pope to resign in about 600 years.
James Zwald, a member at the Ca-thedral of Christ the King in Buckhead,
said he was a little surprised by the news at � rst, but could understand the deci-sion.
“I thought the rationale he used was reasonable,” Zwald said, who said the next pope should be someone who is “motivated and energetic.”
Mattson said she, too, was surprised at � rst. “I had to take a few minutes and pause and think about it,” she said af-ter a mid-day mass at All Saints Catholic Church in Dunwoody. “I really think it took great courage to stand up and say, ‘I no longer feel like I can honor this po-sition and perform it in the way it needs to be performed.’”
Several parishioners interviewed as they left Ash Wednesday services on Feb. 13 said they would welcome a de-cision by church leaders to select a pope from outside Europe.
I would like to see a pope who rep-resents that part of the world where our faith is strongest, which means South America,” Karen Ehmer of Dunwoody said.
Charles Lynch of Dunwoody said the College of Cardinals, which will choose the next pope, has more choices now than in the past.
“Historically, it’s always been within Europe, but history [now] has given us
a lot more opportunities and a lot more choices. � e cardinals, from everything I’ve seen, are very well quali� ed to make this decision.”
What sort of man should the cardi-nals choose?
“I would have to use the term ‘Re-naissance [Man],’ Lynch said. “� is per-son needs to be able to look at the past and present, and meld the needs of all the Catholics out there.”
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Tantra Restaurant2285 Peachtree Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30309
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highlighted with the exotic fl avors of Persian & Indian cuisine. The menu is crafted by Executive Chef Terry Dwyer and his staff. Popular items include: mussels in roasted pepper broth with chipotle and star anise, large plump scallops
caramelized in a basil rub with a dried lime beurre blanc to compliment, grilled Australian lamb served with crisp eggplant frites and horseradish-ghost chile aioli.
Pig-N-Chik4920 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs/Buckhead, 404-255-6368
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Mon - Fri 11 - 10:30, Sat 12 – 10:30, Sun 12 – 10Mouth-watering agave margaritas, carne asade, taco salads, fajitas, poblanos, quesadillas, taco salads, Mexican soup, guacamole…. It’s
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MoSaiC Restaurant3097 Maple Drive, Buckhead
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Sun Brunch, 10:30–3, Dinner 3–9MoSaiC is a popular neighborhood, Buckhead eatery, located between Peachtree & Paces Ferry. Visit this hidden gem for a charming escape from city living. Our
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McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steaks600 Ashwood Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30338
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From fresh seafood and shell fi sh to aged steaks and garden fresh salads, our goal is to exceed your dining expectations. Our menus refl ect seafood from the
Pacifi c Rim, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. We also source products from local ranches, farms and wineries to showcase regionally inspired dishes.
Teela TaqueriaCity Walk at Sandy Springs
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Uncle Julio’s created a unique restaurant concept around original recipes that demand only the freshest ingredients tailored after Uncle Julio’s family tastes.
Beyond tacos, enchiladas and tamales, Uncle Julio’s specializes in marinated and mesquite grilled beef and chicken fajitas, ribs, quail, frog legs, and jumbo shrimp.
Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub705 Town Boulevard, Suite Q380, Atlanta, GA, 30319
404-816-5739 www.OldeBlindDog.comHours: Sun-Wed 11-midnight,
Thurs-Sat 11 am -2 amCome have a drink at Brookhaven’s Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub. This authentic Irish pub is a celebration of the seven Celtic nations. Whether it’s Guinness poured at the perfect temperature or the life-sized William Wallace Braveheart statue, Olde Blind Dog is the best Irish pub on this side of the pond. We have won numerous awards for excellence in food and drink. Our friendly, experienced waitstaff will cater to your every need. See us today, and don’t forget our legendary St. Patrick’s Day celebration is always right around the corner.
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Church collects canned goods to fi ght human traffi cking
BY MELISSA [email protected]
At � rst glance, collecting canned food may seem like an odd way for a church to help stop human tra� cking.
But Greg Chevalier, the chairman of outreach ministry for Brookhaven Christian Church, explained that there are many things that can make children more susceptible to becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation, includ-ing hunger.
“When a child is hungry, they’re more vulnerable to receive a gift from a stranger and that builds trust,” Cheva-lier said.
On March 16, Brookhaven Chris-tian Church will host an event on behalf of the statewide Street Grace ministry to assemble “blessing bags” - backpacks � lled with non-perishable food items to give to children in the Tri-Cities High School cluster over spring break.
According to Street Grace, 58 per-cent of kids in Georgia public schools receive free or reduced lunches.
Chevalier said the Tri-Cities school cluster, in south Fulton County, has a high number of students receiving free or reduced lunches, many of whom may not have access to regular meals outside of school. “� at cluster has the highest degree of potential vulnerability,” Che-valier said.
With spring break coming up, Che-valier said, those children will have a week without lunches at school.
“Our objective is to pack lunches, non-perishable food items, into back-packs and provide them to students at Tri-Cities schools that are going on spring break,” Chevalier said.
Several churches in the Reporter Newspapers communities of Buckhead, Brookhaven, Sandy Springs and Dun-woody participate in the Street Grace ministry.
“We are an alliance of Christian churches, and our main focus is to orga-nize churches to get mobilized, and ed-ucate them about commercial sexual ex-ploitation of children,” said Street Grace Programs Director Amy Walters.
Walters said the organization was formed four years ago by church leaders who were concerned about the number of children and teenagers becoming vic-tims of the commercial sex trade in met-ro Atlanta.
� e organization aims to generate awareness about the commercial sexual exploitation of children and provide re-sources for nonpro� t organizations that help victims.
“� e church is full of people who care. � ey just didn’t know what to do and where to go,” Walters said. “As we help educate people to what they can do, we point them in directions where they can have a positive impact.”
Walters said in addition to � ghting hunger, the organization has several oth-
er initiatives for 2013.Street Grace is working with the De-
partment of Education to train speakers who will reach out to parent-teacher orga-nizations to educate them about ways kids can be lured into the commercial sex trade.
“It really can be as simple as my child goes to a shopping mall and someone approaches them with a business card and says, ‘Your makeup looks great. I want to hire you,’” Walters said. “We al-ways think it’s the white van that’s going to drive up and drag our child o� . It’s not going to happen like that.”
Chevalier said it’s important for peo-ple to learn what a big problem human tra� cking is in Atlanta.
He said there’s a misconception that the problem is con� ned to Harts� eld-Jack-son International Airport. In fact, Cheva-lier said, a large percentage of transactions happen outside the Perimeter.
“It’s not the degenerate individual down by the airport living in the streets. It’s not the international businessman with no ethics or morals traveling in. � at’s a nominal part of the issue,” Che-valier said.
Chevalier said it’s a large and com-plex issue to tackle.
“It’s supply and it’s demand,” Cheva-lier said. “In order to ful� ll the demand of individuals that purchase children for sex, there has to be supply. And in order for there to be supply, one must entice a child into the program.”
Chevalier said Street Grace hopes that by providing food for kids over spring break, it may help to make them less vulnerable to predators.
On March 16, volunteers are invit-ed to Brookhaven Christian Church to help assemble the blessing bags from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are asked to register online at http://streetgrace.org/events/quarterly-serve-learn-volun-teer-day/ to bring an item to donate.
“Anybody can volunteer with us,” Walters said. “Just because we are a group of churches doesn’t mean you have to be a� liated with a church to vol-unteer.”
“It’s supply and it’s demand. In order to fulfi ll the demand of individuals that purchase children for
sex, there has to be supply. And in order for there to
be supply, one must entice a child into the program.”
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Presbyterian School
Jacque Jordan taught herself to play the gui-tar when she was in the eighth grade. Since then, her passion for music has continued to grow.
It did not take long before Jacque started writing her own songs to express her feelings.
“Emotion has to be there,” she said. “People ask me, ‘What comes � rst [in writing a song]?’ It depends on how you feel.”
Her songwriting and performing skills have paid o� . Jacque has appeared three times at Eddie’s Attic, a celebrated performance spot in Decatur, and per-formed a 30-minute set of six songs at the Sandy Springs Festival last year.
Her favorite singing memory comes from her second performance at Eddie’s Attic, when she participated in a contest and came in second place. “Even though I didn’t win, the experience of being up there was enough,” she said.
A Dave Matthews Band fan who de-scribes her singing style as “folk-indie-rock style,” Jacque said her songwriting carries through in her assignments for English class. “My teachers don’t know what I am saying because I only write in metaphors,” she said.
Her favorite class at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School is “Praise Band,” which she calls “one hour and 10 min-utes of just a meaningful [perfor-mance].”
Her Praise Band teacher, Chris Moore, said Jacque’s singing reminds him of “a cross between Diana Krall and
Janis Joplin.”“Jacque is a very gifted singer and
talented songwriter who expresses her thoughts and feelings so beautifully through her music,” Moore said. “We are very fortunate to have her talents at Mount Vernon.”
Apart from singing, Jacque has been an active member of the varsity basket-ball team at Mount Vernon during all four years she has been in high school. She has been playing since she was 6 years old, but she describes basketball as “more of a hobby.” “I love the family feel of the game,” she said.
She played club basketball, she said, but stopped in order to focus more on music.
What’s Next: Jacque will attend Belmont Universi-
ty in Nashville in the fall and plans to be a religion and arts major. “Belmont al-lows you to make your own religion ma-jor,” she said, “which allows me to add music to my religion.”
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In the summer of 2011 three super-intendents took over three of the larg-est school districts in the state – Atlanta Public Schools, DeKalb County Schools and Fulton County Schools.
It hasn’t been an easy 18 months for any of them, but one superintendent has fared better than the others.
DeKalb County Schools Superinten-dent Cheryl Atkinson is out the door. At-lanta Public Schools Superintendent Er-roll Davis survived an attempted ouster. Fulton County Schools Superintendent Robert Avossa, who avoided political in-trigue, makes speeches about the future.
In 2011, Reporter Newspapers wrote that the superintendents might have a hard road ahead of them. Ac-cording to the American Association of School Administrators, the average tenure of superintendents in large in-ner-city school districts is 3 1/2 years. Th e brevity of their terms, the associ-ation says, harms school performance. Association Executive Director Dan Domenech called superintendents “better-paid migrant workers.”
Here’s the abbreviated history of what’s happened since the three new su-perintendents arrived on the scene:
DeKalb County SchoolsSuperintendent Cheryl AtkinsonPrevious job: Superintendent, Lorain, Ohio, school district.What Atkinson said when she got the job: “Th e diffi culties that superintendents face today are the same challenges we face in the communities.” What happened: Atkinson faced an uphill battle from Day 1. She
was appointed in a 6-3 vote of the Board of Education. Her months as school adminis-trator were spent managing crisis after crisis. School offi cials discovered funding short-falls, raised taxes, reassigned school leaders and tinkered with its school calendar. In December, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed DeKalb on accred-itation probation.
Where things stand today: On Feb. 8, DeKalb County Board of Education ap-proved a separation agreement with Atkinson and hired former Labor Commissioner Michael Th urmond as interim superintendent.
Atlanta Public SchoolsSuperintendent Erroll DavisPrevious job: Chancellor of the University System of Georgia.What Davis said when he got the job: “What I hope to achieve in the time I’m here is certainly put out all the fi res, identify the major issues, solve as many as I can and hand over a smoothly run-ning operation to the next superintendent. I’m hopeful I can get
all that done.”What happened: Davis was hired as an interim to replace Superintendent Beverly
Hall who left after the APS cheating scandal unfolded. He was initially hailed as the right man for a precarious situation, but he made controversial decisions that angered some community members. He closed schools, redistricted others, suspended teach-ers suspected of giving students answers on state tests, and turned North Atlanta High upside down by removing its leadership.
Where things stand today: Superintendent Erroll Davis received a contract exten-sion through 2014 after the renewal was delayed. Th e extension allows the board to fi re Davis with 90 days notice if certain conditions are met.
Fulton County SchoolsSuperintendent Robert AvossaPrevious job: Chief strategy and accountability offi cer for Char-lotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina.What Avossa said when he got the job: “Education is a business where you are all in it together to help kids succeed. Our goal is to make each and every child’s life the best it can be by providing ed-
ucational opportunities that unlock [his or her] potential.”What happened: Within months of Avossa taking the job, Eddie Echols resigned
as principal of Riverwood International Charter School after school offi cials raised questions about Echols’ use of a credit card, questions that later led to criminal charg-es. Th e Board of Education refused to renew the charter of Fulton Science Acade-my Middle School after an audit raised questions about the school’s fi nances. Fulton County Schools in 2012 found a surplus in its budget and gave school system em-ployees a bonus.
Where things stand today: Avossa signed a three-year contract in 2011. He’s cur-rently visiting communities within Fulton County, discussing plans to improve the system’s graduation rate and build new schools.
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Amy LeVasseur, co-president of the Dunwoody Elementary 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.
The accrediting agency AdvancED placed the DeKalb system on accredita-tion probation last year because of ac-tions by the board. The agency said in-dividual board members meddled in school operations.
That has convinced some parents that the board needs to be replaced immedi-ately. “I think that if we do not change the current board, we’re going to lose ac-creditation down the line,” Smith said.
Parents said they still feel their in-dividual local schools are doing a fine job. But they worry that things could change.
Some said they’ve heard neighbors talk recently about pulling their chil-dren from public schools and sending them to private schools. Parents have organized campaigns writing letters to Gov. Nathan Deal asking for state ac-tion. Some worry that businesses or new residents will choose to locate else-where because of problems facing the DeKalb schools. And Dunwoody offi-
cials want their own, separately accred-itated schools.
“People are not considering public schools as a viable option right now,” said Kim Gokce, president of the Cross
Keys Foundation, which supports Cross Keys High School in Brookhaven. “It’s being overshadowed by governance problems. That’s the ultimate crime in my opinion that’s going on right now.”
In recent weeks, the board has tak-en several actions related to the accred-itation probation that have angered
parents, who worry aloud that board members are simply trying to protect their positions.
The board replaced the school super-intendent. After board members could not elect a new chairman, the board’s sitting chairman resigned the post. The board took state officials to court to chal-lenge a process to remove board mem-bers because of the threat to the district’s accreditation.
“I certainly don’t want us to be on probation, but we’re on probation for a reason,” Gokce said. “Winning the pro-bation fight is not a priority for me. Ad-dressing the fundamental reasons for probation is a priority for me. Are we trying to win the fight or are we trying to do what’s right? I’m concerned that they’re focused on winning the fight.”
The board’s legal challenge to the process allowing state officials to remove DeKalb board members especially an-gered some parents. Dunwoody parent Stacey Harris, who has two children in Austin Elementary, said the action was a waste of money that should be spent on education. “They’re taking away money from my children,” she said.
Dunwoody City Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch, a parent of two chil-dren in DeKalb schools and a long-time school activist, said the DeKalb system
should have dealt with its governance problems many years ago.
“I went to a board meeting 16 years ago and came back and reported they spent more time talking about truck pur-chases than anything having to do with academics. Unfortunately, not much has changed …,” Deutsch said. “These are not recent issues. They’re generational. What I think has changed is the mis-management of funds, and the econom-ic downturn has exposed the problems. It’s a cultural problem.”
Nancy Halloran, vice president of educational enhancement for the Mont-gomery Elementary School PTA, said parents want to be able to believe the problems are going to be fixed.
“At this point there’s just such a lack of confidence in the whole system. It takes a long time to bring that back,” she said. “We need [a superintendent] who is going to stand up and be a leader. It still remains to be seen if that’s going to happen.”
Shari Wassell, co-president of the Dunwoody Elementary PTO, said many of her neighbors were drawn to the community by the quality of the schools. They still support their neigh-borhood schools, but they’re more and more dismayed by actions at the top, she said.
“It’s really frustrating,” she said. “I think people are just tired of it. We’ve had a lot to deal with over the last cou-ple of years with the school district.”
And Halloran worries that the board’s actions eventually could have conse-quences in the classroom.
“If confidence in the school board continues to drop, eventually it will trickle down to the quality of educa-tion,” she said. “We have to stop it now before it becomes an even worse situa-tion. This is where it needs to stop. It can’t continue the way it is.”
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Enjoying a tasty mealOur Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church hosted its 10th annual Fish Fry on Feb. 15. The event, open to the community most Fridays during
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Police BlotterFrom police reports dated through
Feb. 13.
The following information was pulled from DeKalb County Police Department’s Crimetrac system (www.crimemapping.com/map/ga/dekalbcounty) for the ZIP
code 30319 and the lower Buford Highway corridor. The information on the website is
presumed accurate.
BuRgLaRY Bellaire Drive and Peachtree Road – A com-
mercial burglary, using forced entry, was reported on Feb. 10.
2400 block of Drew Valley Road – A residential burglary, us-ing forced entry, was reported on Feb. 13.
tHeft 1200 block of N. Druid Hills
Road – Theft by taking from a building was reported on Jan. 27.
4200 block of Peachtree Road – Theft or lost or mislaid property was reported on Feb. 4.
300 block of Brookhaven Av-enue – Theft by taking was re-ported on Feb. 6.
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300 block of Brookhaven Avenue – Enter-ing an auto was reported on Jan. 25.
300 block of Brookhaven Avenue – At-tempting to enter an auto was reported on Jan. 26.
300 block of Brookhaven Avenue – Enter-ing an auto was reported on Jan. 26.
3500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Entering an auto was reported on Jan. 29.
3500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Entering an auto was reported on Jan. 29.
3400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –A larceny of articles from a vehicle was re-
ported on Jan. 31.
3700 block of Clair-mont Road –A larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on Feb. 3.
3500 block of Donald-son Drive – Entering an auto was
reported on Feb. 7.
300 block of Glen Way –Larceny of parts from a vehicle was reported on
Feb. 7.
700 block of Glen Way –Larceny of parts from a vehicle was reported on Feb. 7.
1600 block of Dan-bury Parc Place –Larceny of arti-
cles from a vehicle was reported on Feb. 9.
3600 block of Ashcroft Bend –Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on Feb. 9.
1500 block of Park Creek Lane – Entering an auto was reported on Feb. 9.
1500 block of Park Creek Lane – Entering an auto was reported on Feb. 9.
3600 block of Lambert Lane –Larceny of ar-ticles from a vehicle was reported on Feb. 9.
3600 block of Lambert Lane – Entering an
auto was reported on Feb. 10.
1500 block of Donaldson Park Drive –Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on Feb. 10.
3500 block of Blair Circle –Larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was re-ported on Feb. 10.
4000 block of Peachtree Road – Entering an auto was reported on Feb. 11.
4000 block of Peachtree Road –Larce-ny of articles from a vehicle was reported on Feb. 13.
fRaud 3600 block of Ashford Dun-woody Road – Credit card fraud was
reported on Feb. 4.
otHeR 100 block of Brookhav-
en Avenue – Criminal trespass was reported on Jan. 27.
1100 block of Tennyson Place – Criminal trespass was report-
ed on Jan. 31.
3500 block of High Grove Way – Criminal trespass was reported on Feb. 2.
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