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As Brookhaven rounded out its first year as a city, officials happily announced plans to begin paving roads and building sidewalks. “This is really, in my mind, one of the main reasons for cityhood,” said Mayor J. Max Davis. “Now you’re actually seeing the results of your city and your tax dollars at work. It really does hit home for me about what this city is all about.” Brookhaven will complete the roadwork using a portion of approximately $5 million it received this year from a DeKalb County sales tax called HOST, which stands for Homestead Option Sales Tax. HOST funds make up nearly one-fifth of the city’s total budget of $26.3 million.

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People living in the Dresden East area can now officially call themselves residents of Chamblee. On Dec. 30, a voter-approved referendum took effect, bringing a large tract of unincorporated DeKalb County south of Chamblee into the city limits. However, the roughly 100-acre commercial area called Century Center will remain in the county until the Georgia Supreme Court rules on where it belongs. Highwoods Properties, the owner of Century Center, filed an emergency motion asking the court to review its appeal before the Chamblee annexation took effect. The Georgia Court of Appeals denied Highwoods’ request for an expedited hearing, but granted its request to block Chamblee from annexing their property until the appeal is heard. Chamblee Mayor Eric Clarkson said the city proceeded with the annexation, even though Century Center is still tied up in court. Chamblee officials have said they need the revenue from the tax-rich Century Center to support the additional 11,000 residents the city is serving with the annexation. “It’s challenging for us because here we

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are allocating a lot of resources to annex an area without the commercial tax base needed to pay for those services,” Clarkson said. “It puts us in a bad place.” The current litigation between Highwoods and Chamblee is the evolution of a bitter battle between Chamblee and Brookhaven over the right to annex the property. After Highwoods Properties applied for annexation into Brookhaven, Brookhaven City Council voted Oct. 8 to bring Century Center into the city. But Century Center was already drawn into the General Assembly’s local act establishing the Chamblee annexation referendum. The two cities went to court, and DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Tangela Barrie ruled that Brookhaven could only annex the property if the Nov. 5 Chamblee referendum failed. After the referendum was approved, state legislators put pressure on the Brookhaven City Council to give up the Century Center fight. Brookhaven City Council voted in November to discontinue funding toward the appeal filed in Supreme Court. Chamblee City Council later passed

its own resolution askChamblee ing its counterparts in Brookhaven to rescind their annexation vote, to close the matter once and for all. Brookhaven City Council has not rescinded its vote. Clarkson said though Brookhaven is no longer Brookhaven paying for any attorneys, he believes officials are still hopeful that Highwoods’ appeal is successful. “They’re hoping that Century Center property comes into the city of Brookhaven. That was their intention all GOOGLE MAPS along. It’s still the atChamblee says it needs Century Center’s torney [Brookhaven] tax base to support 11,000 newly-annexed hired. It’s still the same residents. The center’s owner wants to legal team. I guess Highbe annexed into Brookhaven, so the area woods is just paying for remains in legal limbo. To see a larger it now,” Clarkson said. version, go to ReporterNewspapers.net. “It’s disingenuous at best for Brookhaven to not be taking further action to “The city of Brookhaven is followrespect what people in that area voted ing from the periphery. It’s a Highfor. I think everybody sees through that woods property rights issue,” Davis said. ruse.” “We already voted to annex them and But Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis that still stands… We’ll do whatever the said the city is no longer involved. courts say.”

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Lawyers for the Pink Pony strip club say their fight with the city of Brookhaven is far from over. The club is appealing a DeKalb judge’s recent decision to dismiss its lawsuit against the city. Alan Begner, an attorney representing the Pink Pony, confirmed that the appeal was filed Dec. 27 in the Georgia Supreme Court. “I believe that the ruling will be reversed,” Begner said. On Dec. 24, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney Johnson granted Brookhaven’s motion to dismiss the Pink Pony’s lawsuit, claiming the suit had no legal merit. In May, the owners of the Pink Pony sued the city over its sexually-oriented business ordinance, which prohibits nude dancing and the sale of alcohol, claiming the ordinance would put the club out of business. Begner, who has defended other adult businesses in similar cases around the metro Atlanta area, said he’s never seen a judge dismiss a lawsuit before letting it go to trial. “It’s a huge deal, because if it stands, it will take away the right to sue for constitutional challenges,” Begner said. “I really was surprised by this. I can’t imagine how the court could do this.” Begner thinks it’s likely the appeal will be successful because the Pink Pony did not have a chance to argue its case. “I don’t think it will stand. I think the chances are the case will be sent back,” Begner said. Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis said it’s fairly rare in a civil case for a lawsuit to be dismissed. “It was a pretty strong ruling and as a lawyer, I don’t see much wiggle room for a court of appeals to overturn it,” Davis said. Davis said the dismissal shows the Brookhaven City Council adopted a strong sexually oriented business ordinance. “It was a well-reasoned and written argument on our counsel’s behalf that carried the day,” he said.

ness by force, it’ll probably be about 10 months before the Supreme Court of Georgia will rule on the case…. Then the amount of damages would be $20 million or more,” Begner said. Begner said he also represents strip clubs in Sandy Springs, which have been in litigation with the city for nearly a decade. “Sandy Springs agreed to that, smartly on their behalf, because they’re in their eighth year,” Begner said. “If they had shut us down, the damages would be astronomical.” Aubrey Villines, another lawyer for the Pink Pony, said the judge’s ruling doesn’t conclude the case. “It’s a bump in the road – a bump in the road we didn’t want,” Villines said. “It’s a battle, it’s just a stage, and we move forward from here.” Villines said ideally, officials from Brookhaven and the Pink Pony could negotiate an agreement out of court. “The courts will give a decision, but it ultimately has to be resolved politically by City Council,” Villines said. “City Council has to decide when to listen to residents and do what residents want, which is leave the Pink Pony alone.” It’s likely that the deep-pocketed business will exhaust all legal avenues to keep its doors open. “We’re not going away,” Villines said.

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the real-world calendar because of elections this year, Taylor said. Preliminary discussions among lawmakers indicate the session could end as soon as mid-tolate March, he said. “It’s going to be a blink,” he said. “It’s going to be March before we know it. ... I think a lot of things are going to be left by the wayside. That’s just a factor of time.” Taylor said he plans to spend much of his legislative energy promoting H.R. 486, a proposal he introduced last year calling for a constitutional amendment to allow cities created since 2005 to start their own school systems or combine with adjacent cities to start school systems. The bill would apply to 16 cities, he said, including Dunwoody, Brookhaven and Sandy Springs. A recent study financed by the city of Dunwoody found a city school system there could operate with an annual surplus of nearly $30 million. A group of Dunwoody parents organized a group called Georgians for Local Area School Systems, or GLASS, to lobby legislators to approve H.R. 486. Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, said he’s not sure there will be enough time for the resolution to be approved this session. “It certainly will receive some debate this year. I fully support it. But because it’s a constitutional amendment, it has a steep, uphill climb. It may be the kind of proposal that takes more than one year

to pass. It could take multiple years to pass,” Jacobs said. Taylor’s fellow Dunwoody Republican, Sen. Fran Millar, says he’s working on legislation to make the DeKalb CEO race nonpartisan and to allow homeowners to record property tax appeal hearings. He’s also promoting S.B. 270, one of several bills that would call for an election to create a new city in DeKalb County. Miller’s proposal would create a city south of Brookhaven that would be called Lakeside. Other proposals would create cities in the same general area that would be called Briarcliff or Tucker. Citizens groups supporting each of the three cities have paid for studies that have determined the cities would be financially feasible. Millar has said he thinks the Lakeside proposal has the best chance of making it through the Legislature. “We’ve always given people the right to vote, and I hope we still will,” he said. “We’ve lost our way as Republicans if we won’t do that.” Jacobs also believes that if any of the proposals will be approved this year, it will most likely be the bill to create the city of Lakeside. “I would think that Lakeside has the best shot of the three proposals, but the overlapping nature of the three proposals makes passage for any of them a dicier proposition, especially with the legislative session being shortened this year,” Jacobs said. “I don’t support the calls for BK

COMMUNITY a moratorium [on creating new cities], but I do think we need to be sensitive to what the will of citizens in affected communities south of I-85 truly is.” Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-Atlanta, also represents some of the area that has been draw into maps for proposed new cities in DeKalb. Holcomb said the competing cityhood proposals “will be an important part of the conversation for members of the DeKalb delegation.” “Those [proposals] need to be worked out. People have worked very hard in their communities to move these agendas forward. The public needs to be heard, and we need to make smart decisions on those proposals.” Holcomb said he will be sponsoring legislation this year to authorize B-Corporations in Georgia. “B-Corporations are a type of corporate structure that allows entrepreneurs… to not only make a profit, but provide a social or environmental good,” Holcomb said. Holcomb said many other states already offer that corporate structure, which is popular among some young entrepreneurs. “We want to give as many alternatives as possible to our entrepreneurs and business generators,” Holcomb said. Jacobs, who is the chairman of the MARTA Oversight Committee, said the committee will continue to look at changes to the mass transit organization this year.

“We will be back this year with proposed changes to the MARTA act. I anticipate that there will be a push for fewer of the issues than we have seen in prior legislative sessions because MARTA has handled some of the issues raised in previous legislation of their own recognizance,” Jacobs said. For example, Jacobs said MARTA has taken steps to privatize some of its departments to save money, as recommended in a recent audit. So Jacobs said mandating that privatization may not be necessary. Jacobs said the MARTA changes were approved by the House of Representatives last year. Those bills now await approval by the Senate this year. There will also be many issues of statewide importance to tackle in the upcoming session. “There’s no shortage of big issues for 2014,” Holcomb said. “We’ll see important legislation on health care, debates on education policy, and we’ll also continue dialogue about the spending of the state’s revenues.” Jacobs predicts the proposals for new cities and school systems will get the most attention locally. “Cityhood and independent schools are definitely hot topics in 2014 for DeKalb County,” Jacobs said. “But the nature of this year’s legislative session is that it will be short. And that makes passage of some of the larger local issues more treacherous.”

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Back in 2006, Robert Port thought the trip simply sounded like an interesting way to see Israel. He’d recently taken up riding a bike for exercise and the idea of cycling across the Israeli countryside sounded appealing. “I’d never been to Israel before ‘06,” he said. “I like adventures like this. I don’t like sitting on a tour bus.” So the Dunwoody lawyer set off to join a cross-country bike tour that started in Jerusalem and ended at the Red Sea. By the end of the five-day ride, he was hooked. “I loved it,” he said. “I’ve said this before and it’s true: Within 10 seconds of getting on the plane to come back after the first [trip]. I thought, ‘I want to do this again.’” And he has. Five times now. In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and again last year, Port joined other cyclists from around the world for a fundraising ride through the Israeli desert. Along the

way, he figures he’s raised $20,000 to $25,000 for the Arava Institute of Environmental Studies, an academic program that brings Jordanian, Palestinian, Israeli and western students together at a kibbutz on the Israeli side of the Arava Valley, which runs along part of the border between Jordan and Israel. “We go very close to the Jordanian border,” the 56-year-old lawyer said, “and we can wave at the guards, who wave back and wonder what all these crazy people are doing riding along the border.” He likes that ground-level view of the country. “I’ve ridden over 1,500 miles, 1,700 miles, on my bike in Israel,” he said. “You see things you wouldn’t see otherwise. You get up close and personal. It’s a whole different experience than taking a tour bus,” he said. “It’s like what people say about backpacking. You get to really experience the place.” And since that first ride in 2006, his trips have taken on deeper meanings, he

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At the institute, “you have a Palestinian living with a Jordanian living with an Israeli in dorms, and they become friends and they have heated debates,” he said. “They are trying to figure out how to get together in this environment. It’s such an amazing thing because if you look at the media, you’d think people there are at each other’s throats. ... It’s made me reflect a little more deeply on

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They’re mayors of side-by-side cities in north DeKalb. They’re faces of the “new cities” being created in the county. And they’re both named Davis, although they’re not related. Sometimes, though, their constituents can get a little confused about that. Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis says some people automatically assume he and Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis must be kin. “I have had people come up to me and say, “I’m so proud of what you and your son are doing in Dunwoody and Brookhaven...,’” Mike Davis said, with a bit of a harrumph. And as Brookhaven was forming south of I-285, Mike Davis said people would ask him just how he could be mayor of both cities. So, as the two mayors settle in to lead their young city governments through another year, we at Reporter Newspapers offer residents of the two communities a few ways to tell their mayors apart.

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College-bound students learn new vocabulary: ‘value,’ ‘jobs’ BY JOE EARLE

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Ann Fountain, associate director of college counseling at The Galloway School in Buckhead, says families are a lot more concerned these days with college costs and are looking for ﬁnancial or merit aid.

Maddie Dill’s parents started her college fund early. They displayed a framed share of stock in the Walt Disney Co. on a wall of her nursery. “We’ve saved from the minute she was born,” said her dad, Don Dill. Now Maddie, a 17-year-old senior at Dunwoody High School, is applying to colleges and trying to decide which school best fits her needs and desire to study global health issues. She’s applied to 16 schools, ranging from Harvard University in Boston to Tulane University in New Orleans to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, in hopes of finding the right one. “I’m looking for a medium-sized school,” Maddie said. “Most of them are concentrated in the Northeast in large cities. I like schools that have their own campus that are in cities or are really close by to cities.” Come April, she’ll have to choose. “April will be a difficult month,” she said. And, like most high school seniors facing decisions about where to attend college, she’ll look at the cost of the colleges as well as the pro“In no particular order, I am looking for a grams they offer. Schools she is considering cost college with a broad variety of majors, a as much as $60,000 a year, she said, so she’ll see diverse population, and academic rigor.” what sort of financial aid they offer her. “Once Liya Mammo, Chamblee Charter High you get all the pieces of the puzzle in front of you April 2, and you look at all the financial aid, then you look at what makes long-term sense for her,” said her mother, Shannon Dill. The College Board’s Annual Survey of Colleges reported that the price of the average tuition fee, plus room and board costs for private colleges increased to $40,917 a year in 2013CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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After nearly two decades, Simcha Pearl is stepping down as the Weber School’s first and only head of school. “The school is extraordinary, and has been so supportive of me,” Pearl said. “But it’s time to move on to another project. It’s good to do something different and restart.” Pearl said he doesn’t yet know what he’ll do next. But he has faith that things will fall into place after he leaves the private Jewish high school that was established in Sandy Springs in 1997. Pearl believes that sometimes, you have to trust that the time is right, even if you don’t have a plan. He looks to the Biblical story of the Israelites leaving Egypt to illustrate his

point. Rabbinical scholars believe that in the book of Exodus, when the Israelites reached the Red Sea, it didn’t part immediately. But after one man jumped into the water in an act of faith, Pearl said, and kept wading until he was completely submerged, the sea parted and allowed the Israelites to cross safely. Leaving the Weber School is not the first time Pearl has hit the reset button. He started his professional life as a dentist in Albany, NY. But he was always involved in his synagogue and with Jewish summer camps. One day, he realized that dentistry wasn’t

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Shooting for the college stars, ending up chatting at Starbucks? BY MOLLIE SIMON According to the National Center exchange for $3 cups of Starbucks cocoa for Education Statistics, there are 3,053 with optional whipped cream. four-year institutions in the United When it comes to college admissions, States. There are also 10,787 Starbucks the interview is a rather ambiguous aslocations in the U.S., or approximately a pect. There is no guidebook or list of 3:1 Starbucks-to-college ratio. rules (is it OK to let the interviewer buy Before I began the college applicathe drink?), some schools offer them, tion process, there were many things I some do not, sometimes they are with was warned about by older students and alumni, sometimes they are with admisby admissions officers sions officers, and the on college tours. (Side list goes on and on. note: It is only necesIn the wild and There are 3,053 sary to take one coluncertain world of four-year institutions in lege tour; they are 99 interviews, there is the United States. There but one constant: percent the same, and, yes, student guides are also 10,787 Starbucks More likely than not, walk backward in the interview will locations in the U.S., most of them.) take place at one of or approximately a 3:1 I was advised not the 10,787 Starbucks to write essays at the Starbucks-to-college ratio. locations in the U.S. last minute. I was In fact, the interview told to bubble in my may even take place name correctly on in the bookstore Starthe SAT. I was informed of the tediousbucks of a university different from the ness of waiting for a decision, and the one to which you are applying (speaking more-than-likely-chance of getting unfrom personal experience). fortunate news in exchange for $70-$90 Doing the math and erring on the applications fees. side of caution, say we assumed that 30 What I was not told is that I would percent of the 19,913 face-to-face insoon be trading in my thrifty 50-cent terviews the University of Pennsylvapackets of Swiss Miss hot chocolate in nia conducted last year were completed

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at Starbucks’ locations. Say each interviewee and interviewer purchased a $3 drink (a generous under-estimate if you are going for a fat-free, decaf, extra-hot, soy milk latte). That would represent $35,843 in spending at Starbucks for just one university’s interviews (remember the 3:1 Starbucks-to-college ratio), which is why I am convinced that either Starbucks and the College Board are in cahoots, or Starbucks should be helping to underwrite the costs of America’s post-secondary education system. While I appreciate the time that Mollie Simon is a alumni take to interview prospective senior at Chamblee students, I think that it is ultimately Charter High School. Starbucks locations - and not seniors, interviewers, or even colleges - that are of you, college interviews are something coming out on top in the process. like speed-dating where your chances of Every interview is getting dumped on different, and they are April 1 are astronomnot all created equal. ically high. F I R S T P ER S O N From an interview I guess my advice Occasional articles by readers where the person just is simple to everyone about their activities graduated and quesstill scheduling coltions you from belege interviews: Just hind a computer be yourself and enjoy while reading prompts, to an interview the hot chocolate while it’s warm. where you feel like the person knows And my advice to the class of 2015: Inyou when you take the last sip of cocoa, stead of applying to so many colleges, conto the kind where you are told at the end sider buying stock in Starbucks for $77 a that you probably will not get in even share. I hear it’s gone up this past year. though the interviewer thought highly That might be a better investment.

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2014, up 14 percent over five years. In public colleges, those costs increased to $18,391, up 20 percent over five years. Students, parents and high school guidance counselors say that the rapid rise in the costs of college is making students pay closer attention than ever to the price of attending. Coupled with changing family finances stemming from the recent recession and slow recovery, some students worry about taking on levels of debt that

mean they could graduate owing as much as their parents’ mortgage. “You’re starting to hear words like ‘value’ and ‘return on investment,’” said Tyler Sant, associate director of college counseling at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Sandy Springs, who worked in Emory University’s admissions office for three years before coming to HIES two years ago. “I think it’s been a gradual change over the last four or five years. Some of it is related to the uncertainty of the re-

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“I am looking for a school where I can not only get a good education, but also have an engaged social experience. When I think about college, I keep in mind that it is the place where I will be spending all of my next four years, so I want it to be a place where I feel at home. The greatest importance for me is deﬁnitely cost.”

“The ﬁrst thing that I look at in a college is the location. I prefer colleges that are close to or in a big city because that means that there are more internship opportunities for me and I do not have to look far for the internships. The subjects are very important for me because I want to be able to ﬁnd the subject that I am most interested in. I do not really pay much attention to the size or reputation of the college. ”

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cession as parents pass that on to their kids.” Ann Fountain, associate director of college counseling at The Galloway School in Buckhead, has seen similar changes in the four years she’s been working with college-bound students, both through jobs in college admission offices and at private schools in Florida and Buckhead. “Families are a lot more concerned about value,” Fountain said. “Families that maybe five years ago hadn’t been concerned about finances have had financial changes in their circumstanc-

es. They’re looking for financial aid. “Similarly, the families who are middle-income or upper-middle-income families ... are becoming less and less able to afford the sticker price of college. These families are looking for merit aid. They’re looking for value: Is my student going to get a job after college?” Peter Myer, a senior at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School who lives in Buckhead, plans on becoming a doctor. He’s applied to eight schools, most of them small or medium-sized liberal arts schools such as Duke University and Davidson College in North Caro-

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“I am looking for a college in the Southeast because I want to be close to home. When I am on a college tour or speaking to a representative, the most important things to me are the programs offered at the school, the tuition, and as weird as it might sound, the college that I attend must have air conditioning in most places. ”

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“The colleges I’m looking at need to have the subjects I’m interested in – English and journalism – as a major or as a school at their university. Size is also extremely important when deciding where you want to spend the next four years of your life. Finally, how close to home you are, for multiple reasons.”

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lina or Washington and Lee in Virginia, and was still filling out financial aid applications in January. “We have four sons,” said his mother, Deborah McCarty. “We’ll just see where he gets in and what kind of scholarships he gets and weigh them.” Xavier Flournoy, a senior at Riverwood International Charter High School in Sandy Springs, said he’s looking at four colleges. He’s attracted to one, Goucher College in Baltimore, in part because it allows students to take courses at other, better-known and more expensive schools in that city, such as Johns Hopkins University. “Cost is important to me,” he said. “I don’t want to get to the point of, ‘Oh, yeah, take the student loan. We’re just not going to tell you that you’re going to be in debt for the rest of your life.’” Holy Innocents’ counselor Sant said students and their families also are beginning to look at additional costs they can expect, including the cost of graduate schools. “You see more kids looking at college as a way to set themselves up for what comes next, especially those who are interested in graduate school,” he said. “They are aware of the rising costs of school and looking at graduate school, and trying to save some money. ... This generation of students is no longer looking at a four-year degree as the end point.” Flournoy says he’s already thinking about how to afford graduate school. “I just want to get an education,” he said. “I want to get my degree.” Georgia’s state schools have benefited from more applicants as students look for value in their education. Some students, with an eye on graduate schools, think they’ll take advantage of the HOPE scholarship for undergraduate studies in order to save more for later schooling. “The HOPE came around at the right time,” he said. At the same time, Sant said, some

traditional four-year liberal arts colleges have begun to fight back. “A lot of these small schools and colleges have had a hard time trying to explain a degree that is intentionally broad in scope,” he said. “There are really great small colleges that do a great job teaching people how to think that are having to kind of justify that model.” Some small schools have even tried

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“My personal college process has centered predominately around academic concerns. This concern reﬂects the economic realities of my family: scholarships, not an improved economy, still provide the best, and possibly only, way for me to ﬁnd colleges outside of my current economic scope. Even as the housing market has improved and my mother, as a real estate agent, has more than most felt the rising economy, my college search has been predicated on the results of my academic efforts. I am depending on the years of work I have spent at Westminster and the record I have created to direct my college search. I have sought out colleges that need prospective students to lead their programs, instead of more prestigious colleges that, perhaps, would see me as an appropriate, but not outstanding, addition. Without the prospect of out-of-state scholarships, the HOPE at Georgia and Georgia Tech undoubtedly offer the best value – value that will keep me in the state of Georgia.”

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St. Martin’s is a school of intentional design. Our curriculum, opportunities and facilities encourage our students to uncover the unexpected. Through discovery, they expand their individual skills, talents and interests. Our social and spiritual community combined with challenging academic and enrichment programs provide a unique sense of place for learning. Students graduate prepared to thrive when entering Atlanta’s top-ranked high schools, and ready to create their own place in the world.

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Five questions with Bill Clarkson, president of The Westminster Schools In 1991, William Clarkson IV took the job as The Westminster School’s fourth president. He’s retiring in June after more than two decades of what school officials have described as his “transformative leadership.” Clarkson has called his years at Westminster the happiest of his career. As he prepares to retire, Reporter Newspapers asked him five questions about his career and about the private Buckhead school he has headed for 23 years. Here are his answers.

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What is the role of a private school like The Westminster Schools in the community or the “landscape” of Atlanta educational institutions?

Yes, we are committed to excellence in education, preparing students for college and for life. Even more important, I believe, is the commitment to serving others in our community, extending the love of Christ to every person in our diverse community, and helping students develop a moral compass and the character to help make the world a better place.

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Founding principal of Weber School to retire you’re meant to do.” He began teaching part time at a Jewish day school in New York. When he decided to devote his time to Jewish education, Pearl moved to Israel to participate in a fellowship program on Jewish

educational leadership in Jerusalem. While he was living in Israel, a friend from Albany happened to talk to someone in Atlanta who was working to establish a new Jewish high school. They were looking for a principal; he recommended reaching out to Pearl. Pearl calls the whole thing serendipity. He visited Atlanta on a lark, he said, at the end of the 1996 Centennial Olympic • Where to look Games. • How to organize findings He had no ties to Atlanta. But • How to write the perfect essay he was inspired by the work of the parents who wanted to establish a • How to GET SCHOLARSHIPS for new, trans-denominational Jew• Undergrad and Graduate Levels ish high school. At the time, there MELISSA WEINMAN was only one Jewish high school Founding Weber School Principal and it catered to Orthodox Jews. Two Ways to Participate: Simcha Pearl is stepping down. The mission of the new school mediately that Pearl was the right man would be to serve all parts of Atlanta’s to lead the school. Jewish community, Pearl said. “People who meet him are very “It was a true leap of faith for me,” drawn to him. It was pretty obvious Pearl said. “You have to combine some from the first day we wanted him. He’s faith with some confidence, with some Limited # of Seats Available just an exceptional individual. And he willingness to jump into the unknown. or just had incredible rapport with the stu“I was trusting that I would meet dents,” Robkin said. God halfway.” Robkin said they didn’t expect the Judy Robkin is a member of Weber’s first principal to stay with the school for board of trustees. Her daughter was very long. the school’s first student. She said the “We were incredibly, incredibly forfounders of the school knew almost imtunate to have had the benefit of his amazing educational experience and innovation for all of these years,” Robkin said. “When we initially hired him, we were told if we got someone dynamic… if he stays with us for three years we could consider ourselves very lucky. If he stayed with us five years, it would be amazing ... 10 years it would be extraordinary. We’ve been lucky enough to have Sim for 18 years, which is unheard of.” Robkin said she attributes much of the school’s growth to Pearl’s leadership. She said there were fewer than 20 students when the school first started. This Friday, May 2 Friday, February 21 year, there are more than 600. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 10:00 am - 3:00 pm “People put their faith in him, put their trust in him. The kids are so drawn to him. He’s very charismatic,” Robkin said. Experience the Explore the Presidential Over the years, Pearl has grown with C i v i l Wa r l i k e the school, leading it from its early days G a l l e r y, p a r t i c i p a t e i n a r t with just a handful of students and never before at the activities and make teachers meeting in trailers. Pearl said his favorite thing about beBartow History discoveries about the ing the head of school for Weber is the Museum & Booth relationships he’s formed. Presidents! “Being able to be in constant, dyWe s t e r n A r t M u s e u m ! namic, evolving relationships with all kinds of people. That’s what growing community is,” Pearl said. Students: $5 Adults: $3 Though being the head of the school Students: $5 Adults: $3 has been challenging, Pearl said it’s ultimately been his belief in the mission of the school – to mold students into knowledgeable, thinking, responsible, Jewish adults – that’s kept him going. “The challenge is not to get caught up in the day-to-day challenges and lose sight of why you’re doing all that stuff,” Pearl said. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11

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Riverwood International Charter School has named its Top 10 students for the class of 2014. They are: Cailin Kellum, Megan Cahill, Meredith Jacobs, Ben Dolder, Lauren Firestone, Mary Stuart Reticker, Harrison Young, Charlotte Tippett, Ryan Roels and Noah Newman.

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Pace students take part in diversity conference Six Pace Academy students took part in a national diversity conference in December. Sophomores Lali Zamora, Payton Gannon and Xori Johnson, and juniors Brittany Allen, Noah Brooker and Kamran Sadiq attended the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Maryland. The conference, hosted by the National Association of Independent Schools, is a multiracial, multicultural gathering of upper school student leaders from around the country, Pace said. Participants examine issues of social justice, develop effective crosscultural communication skills, practice expression through the arts, and learn networking principles and strategies, the Buckhead school said.

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Lovett class maps the school Laurie Smilac’s first grade class designed a 3D map of The Lovett School in Buckhead as part of their study of maps and neighborhoods. The students were asked to create bird’s eye view maps of their own houses and a portion of their neighborhoods. That led to the idea of creating a 3D map of Lovett to scale. Students brought in boxes to be recycled into buildings. They worked in groups to plan out the buildings using Google Earth. They talked a lot about how to draw something as if they were “flying overhead in planes.” They also went on a few tours of the school to think about the height and size of the buildings.

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Cut that ribbon Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos, City Council members Dianne Fries and John Paulson, Recreation and Parks Director Ronnie Young, Fulton County Public School Board members Julia Bernath and Gail Dean, along with Kathy Cox, and Dunwoody Springs Elementary Principal Ivy Freeman, joined students in celebrating a new multi-purpose ﬁeld, made of artiﬁcial turf, at the school.

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King Story Tuesday, Jan. 14, 10:15 a.m. – Tod-

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Winter Craft Tuesday, Jan. 21, 4-4:30 p.m. – Have fun

with crafts that reflect the season! Appropriate for ages 5-12. Free, and all are welcome. Open to the first 15 participants. Brookhaven Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-848-7140 to register or for further information.

Basketball Tryouts Sunday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. – It’s time for spring

girls’ AAU basketball. Try outs for third through sixth grade, 1-2:30 p.m.; seventh and eighth graders, 2:15-4 p.m. High school try outs begin Feb. 23. Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, 805 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. No fee to try out. To find out more about league fees and the organization, visit: www.gapistols.com or email: jfeagin2@gmail.com.

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Bricks 4 Kidz Wednesday, Jan. 15, 4:30-5:30 p.m. –

Bricks 4 Kidz uses LEGOs to provide a multi-sensory, hands-on learning experience. Free and open to the public. Registration required and started Jan. 4. Space is limited. Suggested audiences: elementary and preschool. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Call 404-303-6130 or email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov to sign up or to ask questions.

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Sunday, Jan. 19, 10:30 a.m. – The Jewish National Fund welcomes Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York, who discusses Israeli politics. Free community event; pre-registration requested by visiting: www.jnf.org/atlido, emailing: ahalper@jnf.org or calling 404-236-8990 x852. Technology drive also on same day; $10 re-stocking fee for computer or monitor donations. Congregation Or Hadash, 7460 Trowbridge Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328.

trition and exercise tips to make 2014 your healthiest year ever! Open to the first 25 participants. For those 18 years and older. Free. Brookhaven Branch Library, 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319. Call 404-848-7140 to sign up or to find out more.

Resume Rehab Wednesday, Jan. 15, 9:30-11 a.m. – Need help

creating a resume? Want to update your current resume but don’t know where to start? Brookhaven Library staff provides personalized resume assistance. For adults. Free and open to the first eight participants. Call 404-848-7140 or visit the branch to register. 1242 N. Druid Hills Rd., NE, Brookhaven, 30319.

Chinese Astrology Wednesday, Jan. 15, 6-8 p.m. – Discover how the ancient science of Chinese astrology uses the elements and characteristics of the Wood Horse to predict events and outcomes for 2014. Free and open to the public. For adult audiences. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: comments@co.fulton. ga.us or call 404-303-6130 with questions.

My Aching Back Wednesday, Jan. 15, 6-8 p.m. – Start the new

year by taking better care of yourself. Learn an easy home practice to help with nagging back, neck and shoulder pain. Handouts provided. Free. RSVP to 404-843-1880. For members of the Cancer Support Community, 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Suite C-225, Atlanta, 30342. Go to: www.cscatlanta.org to find out more.

“Great Decisions” Thursday, Jan. 16, 7:30-9 p.m. – The

“Great Decisions 2014” series gets under way. Topics include: Israel and the U.S.; Islamic awakening; energy independence; defense technology; food and climate; China’s foreign policy; U.S. trade policy. Sessions include speaker followed by Q&A. Through March 6. $30; includes briefing book (or $40 if book shared). Dunwoody United Methodist Church, 1548 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338. For information and registration, call 404832-5560 x 17 or visit: http://gciv.org/programs/ gd/dunwoody.

Reptile Day Saturday, Jan. 18, 1 p.m. – Get close to venomous and non-venomous snakes at the Chattahoochee Nature Center! Learn to identify and be safe around snakes. Other programs: Reptile wagon: 12-4 p.m.; artsy alligators and slinky snakes: 2-4 p.m.; sidewalk reptile sketch contest: 1- 4 p.m. Activities included with general admission. 9135 Willeo Rd., Roswell, 30075. Go to: www.chattnaturecenter.org or call 770-992-2055 to learn more.

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Writers’ Forum Wednesday, Jan. 22, 6:30-8 p.m. – Share

original creative writings of up to 500 words or five minutes of reading time. Readings followed by facilitated discussions where audience members offer feedback. For adult writers at any experience level. Free and open to the community. Sandy Springs Branch Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: comments@co.fulton. ga.us or call 404-303-6130 or for information.

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Retirement Planning Saturday, Jan. 25, 4:30-6 p.m. – Learn how

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Holocaust Lecture Sunday, Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m. – Am Yisrael Chai! hosts “The Spirit of Survival: Art, Music and Culture During the Holocaust.” Ela Weissberger, survivor of a concentration camp, is keynote speaker. No charge, but RSVP by calling: 888-608-4988. Greenfield Hebrew Academy, in the auditorium, 5200 Northland Dr., Atlanta, 30342. Go to: www.amyisraelchaiatlanta.org to learn more.

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Living in metro Atlanta, it’s easy to forget there are a number of significant historical and cultural attractions nearby. So, for the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, why not check out one of those hometown destinations and visit the National Historic Site dedicated to his legacy? Just east of downtown Atlanta, you can take a self-guided tour around some of the places that were important to King’s life and to the Civil Rights Movement. “We portray his life from birth to death,” said Del Kittendorf, a volunteer park ranger. Kittendorf, who has volunteered at the King site for 10 years, said while he regularly meets people from Asia, Africa, Europe and South America, visitors from Atlanta are rarer. “Especially the northern suburbs,” Kittendorf said. A Cobb County resident himself, he

hypothesizes it’s because people often put off seeing the sites in their own city as something they’ll do later, especially when traffic is a factor. “We’re a backyard site. Coming downtown is inconvenient,” Kittendorf said. Mickey Goodson, another volunteer ranger, said people just don’t take the time to visit the historic sites near them. “We’ll travel 500 miles to visit somewhere we’re heard about,” Goodson said. “Folks come from all over the world. It’s the folks from Sandy Springs … we don’t get much of.” The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site is not just one museum. Maintained by the National Park Service, the site consists of a visitors’ center, Ebenezer Baptist Church, a historic fire station, historic homes on Auburn Avenue, including the one where King was born, and the site where King and his

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million left. Dunwoody Finance Director Chris Pike said he’s aware that the incorporation of a new city would lower Dunwoody’s HOST payment, though he’s not too concerned because HOST payments have always fluctuated from year to year. “If other residents of the county want to take advantage of incorporation, we certainly can’t fault them for that,” Pike said. DeKalb County Commissioner Jeff Rader said the high HOST payments to cities make it difficult to afford paving roads in the unincorporated areas of the county. “Those funds have been allocated disproportionately to the new cities,” Rader said. “And as a consequence, the infrastructure needs of the county have suffered.” Rader said the commissioners typically use HOST funds to pave roads. “We probably have a 30-year backlog at the pace we are able to expend funds paving our roads,” Rader said. Chamblee Mayor Eric Clarkson said the structure of the HOST puts Chamblee at a disadvantage. In 2013, Chamblee received about $697,000. Clarkson said the city’s low yearly payment isn’t enough to accomplish much in the way of capital projects. And the city doesn’t have many other options for funding improvements they’d like to make, such as repaving the road in front of Chamblee High School. Part of the problem is that the value of all the city’s taxable, owner-occupied homes is relatively low – which translates to a smaller HOST payout. Clarkson said he feels the HOST tax penalizes the smaller, older cities in DeKalb, which don’t have a way to raise

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Local HOST revenues Revenues from the Homestead Option Sales Tax, or HOST, are divided among DeKalb County and cities within the county. Here is how the money was split up in 2013.

Distribution of HOST in 2013 Sales tax collected 2012 80 percent for Homestead tax relief 20 percent for capital projects

$108,259,815 $86,607,852 $21,651,963

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% of capital projects

Avondale Estates

$233,953

1.08%

Brookhaven

$5,147,897

23.78%

Chamblee

$697,253

3.22%

Clarkston

$27,156

0.13%

Decatur

$3,729,679

17.23%

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Dunwoody

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Pine Lake

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Stone Mountain

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0.18%

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27.76%

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What are your goals for the Brookhaven Police Department in 2014? We are excited to have a place to call police headquarters, and looking forward to opening it to the public in early 2014. We are continuing to establish ourselves in the community and expand the department to meet the needs of Brookhaven.

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What are the greatest challenges facing the Brookhaven Police department in 2014? We are looking forward to our first full year as a police department. What has the Brookhaven Police Department learned during its first six months? We have been able to get a better idea of crime rates and trends that affect our area. We are using that information to deploy manpower and resources in order to combat and deter crime.

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Seeing a police department built from the ground up has been extremely exciting. The work is far from over. Every day brings about a new challenge and new satisfaction when that challenge is met. Citizens continue to thank us and welcome us into their community. We are so proud to be here and happy to serve the citizens of Brookhaven.

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Not necessarily odd, but we are proud to say that we started the agency in 3 1/2 months. Considering all of the purchases to be made and resumes to sort through, many told us that we would not be able to start up in that short amount of time. We were persistent and worked long hours in order to start a department that we and the citizens could be proud of in a very short amount of time. This could not have been accomplished without the strong support of the original police and city staff working together.

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