COBB
Cobb to hold meetings on new flex bus route
Cobb Community Transit will hold a series of meetings this month on the new pilot flex bus route in south Cobb.
The proposed route will provide stops between Cumberland and Austell.
Residents can learn more and offer feedback 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Ron Anderson Recreation Center, 3820 Macedonia Road, Powder Springs; and 10 a.m.-noon July 20 at Mable House Arts Center, 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton.
Information: cobbcct.org or 770-427-4444. JAIME SARRIO
DEKALB
Schools should surpass 2013-14 projection
Decatur schools should surpass the 11 percent anticipated growth. As of last week 4,047 students have enrolled for 2013-14, or 96 percent of a projected 4,229 students. Decatur closed the 2012-13 year with 3,830 students. So far the most growth has occurred in the second (71 more students) and 11th (48 more) grades.
This marks the third consecutive year the school system has grown by 11 percent or more, and it has swollen by more than 35 percent since 2008. BILL BANKS FOR THE AJC
FULTON
Tusan named deputy chief judge
Judge Gail S. Tusan was named Fulton County’s first deputy chief judge for Superior Court earlier this month.
Tusan will serve a one-year term in the new post and will serve on the court’s executive committee.
She also will serve in the absence of the chief judge, act as the judges’ spokeswoman and perform other duties.
Tusan is Superior Court's most senior judge, with 18 years on the Fulton County bench. DAVID WICKERT
GWINNETT
School board to buy land for elementary
The Gwinnett County school board voted to purchase a site for a new elementary school in the Meadowcreek cluster.
The specific location was not disclosed.
The price was not either, and Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks said the price would not exceed the property’s appraised value.
The school is slated to open in August 2015. NANCY BADERTSCHER
CHEROKEE
Holly Springs to consider chickens
The Holly Springs City Council will take up the issue of whether to allow laying hens — not roosters — in residential back yards, after a group of supporters of the idea squawked about it recently.
Current zoning law bans livestock-including chickens-from residential areas.
City Manager Rob Logan says the Council will probably consider an ordinance modification in June. MARK WOOLSEY FOR THE AJC
FAYETTE
Peachtree City against feeding of ducks
Peachtree City is asking well-meaning residents not to feed the geese and ducks in local lakes and ponds.
Bread and popcorn are not natural or balanced foods for the birds, and both overcrowding and overfeeding can result in the spread of serious avian diseases.
Hand-fed geese can also become aggressive. However, the birds and their eggs should not be harmed or removed. JILL HOWARD CHURCH FOR THE AJC
