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Dunwoody Elementary student wins art contest Dunwoody Elementary School fifth grader Grace Moussouri has won the Georgia Aquarium Regional Coastal America Ocean Art Contest for grades 3 through 5. Her art will now compete in the National Coastal America Art Contest. Artwork was judged based on strong visual impact, artistic merit and how clearly it communicated one or more of the essential principles of ocean sciences.
Chestnut Elementary students advance to state technology fair
Award winner Grace Moussouri, left, with Laura Fleury-Bell, Dunwoody Elementary School Visual Arts Teacher.
Bill approved to make DeKalb CEO election nonpartisan
Chestnut Charter Elementary School students took top honors at the DeKalb County School District’s Technology Fair on Feb. 8. Namit Gandavadi and Jonah Liss teamed up to win first place in the third and fourth grade robotics category. The team of Khairi Agie and Siddharth NaA bill to make the election of DeKalb than won second place. County’s CEO non-partisan was apIn the third and fourth grade digiproved by the state Senate Feb. 18. tal video editing category, Liam Callison Th e bill, sponsored by Sen. Fran Milwon third place. lar, R-Dunwoody, would As first place winners, Namit make the election of and Jonah will represent DeKalb DeKalb County’s top adCounty in the 2014 State TechnolBR I EF S ministrator non-partiogy Fair in March. san. Millar said he wanted the CEO election to be non-partisan so that DeKalb’s Republican minority, much of which Millar represents in the northern portion of the county, would have a stronger voice in the election. “The bottom line is, I think you’ll get more people involved in the process,” Millar said. Sandy Springs City Council on Feb. He said the bill would encourage 18 voted to extend its 911 communicacandidates running for CEO to pay tions service partnership with the city more attention to the concerns of resiof Johns Creek for another five years. dents in mostly Republican enclaves of ChatComm is the cities’ joint 911 centhe county. ter, located in Sandy Springs “We’re going to elect a Democratic Dunwoody is a customer of ChatCEO in DeKalb County. But now they Comm and has been offered an opporhave to campaign in Republican areas,” tunity to purchase an ownership interMillar said. est. Sen. Steve Henson, D-Tucker, the The agreement creating ChatComm Senate minority leader, requested reconbegan in November 2008 and was set to sideration of the bill, which had been end this summer. The agreement proapproved in a close vote, 29-23. On Feb. vided that the partnership could be re19, the Senate voted against reconsidernewed by the city in increments of five ing the bill. years. Both cities wished to renew, acThe bill now heads to the House of cording to Sandy Springs city officials. Representatives.
Sandy Springs OKs extending ChatComm partnership
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