🌱 Parents' Night Out & Kids’ Snack And Paint + Payment For AP Exams

Hello, friends! It's me, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Daily. Let's get this weekend started off right, with a quick dive into everything you need to know about what's going on in town these days.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy, a shower; warm. High: 77 Low: 65.

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Here are the top three stories in Decatur-Avondale Estates today:

1. This month, Dekalb County's Hamilton Recreation Center will host a Parents' Night Out and Kids’ Snack and Paint Party. The program is intended to offer a safe, fun environment for children to spend an evening while parents enjoy a little time to themselves. It will take place on Nov. 18 at 3262 Chapel St. in Scottdale from 6:30-11:30 p.m. Register here. (Press Release Desk)
2. Despite saying payment would be optional, City Schools of Decatur are now telling parents they must pay for advanced placement and international baccalaureate classes. Superintendent Maggie Fehrman and Decatur High School Principal Rochelle Lofstrand emailed parents on Nov. 3 admitting that the district had informed them payment for exams was optional this year, 'even though it was not, in fact, ‘optional.'" According to the email, most families have paid the fee. For those who haven't, the district said it would make amends by covering fees for families; those who paid can get refunds after the students take their exam. (Decaturish.com )
3. Dekalb County police have arrested a person accused of killing a man and injuring a child during a road rage incident earlier this week. Eric Simmons, 59, is accused of shooting and killing 25-year-old Darryl Wiley near Gresham Road on Monday. A 3-year-old girl was also reportedly injured from shattered glass. (Decatur-Avondale Estates Patch)

Today in Decatur-Avondale Estates:

• Community Breakfast And Bottled Water Drive At Southwest DeKalb High School (9:00 AM)
• Thanksgiving Card Craft At Flat Shoals Branch Library (2:30 PM)
• Thanksgiving Punch & Paint At Scott Candler Branch Library (3:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Ahead of Veterans Day, Commissioner Larry Johnson honored all veterans with a proclamation during a September Board of Commissioners’ meeting in support of the National Association of Counties' (NACo) Operation Green Light initiative. (Press Release Desk)
• The Decatur Wine Festival returns today, Nov. 5, at 12:30 p.m! Tickets are available here. (Decatur Arts Alliance)
• Check out these photos of City Schools of Decatur celebrating Diwali. (Decaturish.com)

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• Minority Men's Health Luncheon (November 10)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday! See you soon for another update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.