Article I posted on DeKalb SchoolWatch bloghttp://dekalbschoolwatch.blogspot.com/2011/08/are-contraction-and-divestiture-in.html“In Texas, the Dallas suburb of Keller is about to charge parents who want to put their kids on the school bus. The charge will be $185 per semester for one child, $135 for the second.”Add that to the plethora of news items regarding city bankruptcies, police force cuts and closed libraries while Federal support goes the way.....
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On Tucker and NorthDruid Hills-Briarcliff Patch (es)http://tucker.patch.com/blog_posts/northlake-cid-too-small-to-energizeI’m not promoting a Northlake Community Improvement District (CID) explicitly. Questions abound, but if we should have one, one aspect is worth discussing here: What size does it need to be to work, from recruitment to payoff?.....more at link
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Northlake has been home to arriving Chick-fil-A franchise operator Brad Spratte all of his life. Spratte is a 1983 graduate of Lakeside High School, having been ...(read more)http://northdruidhills.patch.com/blog_posts/lakeside-high-grad-opens-new-chick-fil-a-in-northlake
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The U.S. Department of Justice launched a civil rights investigation of the Lilburn mosque controversy that began when the Lilburn City Council voted 4 to 0 to deny a rezoning request by the local Muslim congregation of Dar-E-Abbas for a 20,000-square-foot mosque, cemetery and gymnasium on about 8 acres at U.S. 29 and Hood Road Channel [...]
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February 17 launch Shuttle Discovery's Final TripFormer Henderson High School only school with two NASA astronaut graduatesThis article originally appeared on this blog in 2009Astronaut Alumnus Visits Northlake School’s “Henderson History Day”By Tom DoolittleOn February 19, 2009, Eric Boe, one of two astronauts who graduated from DeKalb’s Henderson High School (HHS) will speak at Henderson Middle School and Evansdale Elementary. Boe (HHS ‘83), NASA Space Shuttle Endeavor’s Pilot this past November, will be the featured speaker at Henderson at 10 AM and Evansdale at 1:00 PM. Boe’s flight in November was a 16-day journey outfitting the space station for an additional “wing”. The 44
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Academic Team Advances! Our academic team of Anne Grosse, Jacob Altman, Abaho Katabarwa, and Aliya Khan progressed to the semi-finals of WSB-TV's High Q. They beat Habersham County 895 to 155 last Tuesday evening--one of the highest scores in High Q's 25-year history.You can watch the Habersham match on WSB next Sunday, February 27th!
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Lakeside High Students Hope to Raise $50K of Valhalla Projectby Tom Doolittle (via NorthDruid Hills/Briarcliff Patch)A student task force will plan events and other promotions to help raise the cash, which will go toward improving athletic facilities.http://northdruidhills.patch.com/articles/lakeside-high-students-hope-to-raise-50k-of-valhalla-project-money"Lakeside High School students have stepped up to Principal Joe Reed’s challenge to lead part of the Briarcliff-Lavista area school’s first private capital funding campaign, The Valhalla Project... (more..)"
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Defending German Academic Bowl Champs did it again! Carson Koser, Dylan Dietz, Nishant Shrikande and Cyril Lukianov won 1st place after a nail-biting final round against Screven County at the State German Convention last weekend. Twenty four schools and 350 students competed!Lakeside also earned 2nd place with their awesome play performance. Though everyone had a role, the main characters were Taylor Cunefare, Taylor Kyles, Tori Moore, Nishant Shrikande, Cyril Lukianov, and Vincent Li.Two of our students were also elected by the students as state officers! They will attend meetings throughout the year to give input on how to improve student activities in Georgia. They are Vice President: Ca
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