def delete_scheduling_block(block_id):
    """Delete Scheduling Block with the specified ID"""
    DB.delete('scheduling_block/{}'.format(block_id))

    # Add a event to the scheduling block event list to notify
    # of a deleting a scheduling block from the db
    DB.rpush('scheduling_block_events',
             json.dumps(dict(type="deleted", id=block_id)))
Delete Scheduling Block with the specified ID