Fernbank in danger with budget talks

Despite trying to close a projected $73 million dollar budget hole, it looked like the DeKalb County School Board was going to spare the Fernbank Science Center.

That changed today when the board decided to consider cutting about $3 million from the Center’s budget.

“Fernbank would remain open and would still be a science center that has a core educational mission of hands on science education for children,” said DeKalb spokesman Walter Woods. “But it would have a reduced budget.”