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“Bogey and the Viceroy” closed out the 2014 Concerts by the Springs season at Heritage Green on Sept. 14. Left, Susan and Glenn Sugarman get close during a song. Center, Mia Sandfort, left, and her sister, Liliana, daughters of the band’s saxophonist, goof around before the concert. Top right, singer Kendra “Lil Sis” Bailey. Bottom right, lead singer Bogey Thorton performs tunes from the ‘60s and ‘70s.

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A Texas-based developer says it is considering cutting its proposed office tower at Northpark 100 to 42 stories, from the 50 stories originally planned. To address residents’ concerns about a project they say would bring too much traffic to the area, real estate developer Hines has asked for more time to work on plans for Northpark 100 to make the proposed mixed-use development less dense. The Sandy Springs City Council voted to delay consideration of the project for 30 days. In addition to the 50-story office tower, the original proposal included 500 apartments, hotel and retail space. The new proposal could decrease the office tower to 42 stories and the apartments to 325 units. “What we’ve looked at and really challenged ourselves with is [maintaining] viability for our development and maintaining the quality characteristics of our conceptual plan” while driving projected traffic generation closer to what the existing zoning would produce, said Mark Ferris, a managSEE DEVELOPER, PAGE 35

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Police in Sandy Springs stand ready with riot-control equipment – shields, masks, helmets, rifles. They own a Hummer. And Dunwoody’s police department has its own armored vehicle. Although images of violence and riot-gear-clad police in Ferguson, Mo., reverberated across the country, raising questions about the “militarization” of community police departments, local officers say that while that kind of gear is seldom, if ever, used here, they believe it is necessary to keep up with the criminals they confront. Sandy Springs Police Chief Ken DeSimone points to a case of weapons in a conference room at police headquarters that was pulled off criminals. DeSimone says he has a

Thompson submachine gun in his office. “We’re not outgunning the bad guys,” DeSimone said. “We’re just staying even with them.” Dunwoody Chief Billy Grogan says distinctions should be made between police gear and military gear. The BearCat armored personnel carrier Dunwoody owns, he said, is a not as strongly armored or “weaponized” as the military version of the vehicle. “It’s not as offensive as the military would have,” Grogan said, noting that military gear and police force gear is often similar, but while the military has a grenade launcher that launches actual grenades, some police units have greSEE LOCAL POLICE, PAGE 38

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Readers in Sandy Springs will have the chance to join other cities across the country in promoting literacy during Sandy Springs Reads’ “One City One Book” event in October. “A Walk in the Woods, Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail” by Bill Bryson is the Sandy Springs selection for the event, a collaboration of Art Sandy Springs, the Sandy Springs Education Force, Friends of the Sandy Springs Library and the Sandy Springs branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Library System. “Please read this great book and join friends and neighbors for a series of Sandy Springs Reads programs during the month of October, sponsored by Art Sandy Springs,” said Christine Heller, chairperson of the event, in a press release. “October is a beautiful time of the year to take a walk in the woods, reflect on nature, and enjoy our local green spaces.” Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul also proclaimed Sandy Springs Reads Day at the Sept. 16 Sandy Springs City Council meeting. Companion books suitable for chil-

dren during this event include “A Week in the Woods,” by Andrew Clements; “Hatchet,” by Gary Paulson; and “Lost in the Woods,” by Carl Sams. Bryson wrote “A Walk in the Woods” following his return to the United States after 20 years in Britain. The travel writer decided to reacquaint himself with his country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail. The book relays the history and ecology of the trail, talks with people along the way, and makes a plea for conserving the wilderness. The event also includes guided nature walks, volunteers reading to school children, and author talks and book discussions at the Sandy Springs Library. The event culminates with a screening of the adventure documentary “Appalachian Impressions,” which tells a story about hiking the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lefont Theater. Visit www.sandyspringsreads.org for a complete list of events as well as a book discussion guide. –Ann Marie Quill

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Sandy Springs plans to honor retiring fire chief Jack McElfish, and the community is invited. McElfish retires in October. The celebration will take place on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the City Center Green on Sandy Springs Circle at Johnson Ferry Road (next to Fire Station 2). A picnic lunch will be served. Following a 51-year career in fire/ rescue service, with more than 33 years serving in the fire chief role, McElfish announced his retirement in January. He joined the city of Sandy Springs in July 2006, tasked with creating a full service Fire and Rescue Department that became operational on Jan. 1, 2007. Since its inception, Sandy Springs Fire Rescue has received numerous awards, including the “Crown Community” Award by American City &

The city of Sandy Springs has launched an online survey asking residents what types of events they’d like to see in the City Center performing arts facility. The survey mentions a number of possibilities, including concerts, lectures, youth activities, meetings and theater, and asks responders to indicate their level of interest. The community can also submit additional suggestions. The survey, at http://sandyspringscitycenter.com/performing-arts-center/, will be live until Oct. 3 at 3 p.m., with results provided to City Center planners and the city council. The council approved a site development plan for the City Center on Sept. 2. The plan includes office space for government services, green space, residential and retail areas, meeting space and a performing arts center.

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Mount Vernon Village honors veterans on Patriot Day BY ANN MARIE QUILL

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Three World War II veterans residing at the Mount Vernon Village retirement community were honored with a surprise ceremony in recognition of Patriot Day, Sept. 11. “For our first Patriot Day ceremony, I thought there was no better way to celebrate than to honor our guys,” said Michael Meyers, the community’s administrator. Merritt Ambrose, Frank DiCristina Jr. and Robert Foster were honored with a plaque dedicating the community’s Memorial Flag Garden at the entrance. Frank DiCristina III said he was “surprised and honored” when he heard the news, and he, along with his wife, Brenda, and sister, Elaine Waidelich, were on hand when his father Frank DiChristina Jr. received the recognition.

DiCristina Jr. said he surprised, as well. Residents at the community were told it was a Patriot Day service, but were not told about the plaque dedication in advance. DiCristina Jr. was decked out in patriotic clothes and had a radio on his walker blasting patriotic music. The former infantry commander said he always makes sure there’s a flag in good shape flying at the community’s entrance, and he buys a new one when needed. Resident JoAnn Meaders said she appreciated the ceremony because her husband, Conrad, served in the Navy during World War II. “I think it’s nice that [Meyers] has organized and planned this because it has never been done here before,” she said. “It reminds me of my husband.” Sandy Springs Police Chief Ken DeSimone was also on hand. “As the son of a World War II vet, I appreciate your service,” he told the honorees.

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They want more company. To show it, they’re getting a new front door. And a lot more. The Atlanta History Center has begun a dramatic renovation of its West Paces Ferry Road facilities that will create a new entrance for its museum building, a new display of Atlanta history, add an historic log cabin to its collection, and, if the city of Atlanta signs off, could provide a new home for the historic Cyclorama painting. The center plans to bring more than $50 million worth of construction projects and new programs to its Buckhead campus over the next few years. “It’s definitely an exciting time,” History Center Vice President Hillary Hardwick said. “It’s a great time for Atlanta and it’s a great time for the Atlanta History Center. We used to say we were one of Atlanta’s best kept secrets -- and we didn’t say that proudly. We want to open up.” The $21 million construction project now under way will provide a new entry drive off West Paces Ferry, move the front of the building closer to the street, create a new entry façade for the museum, double the size of the building’s atrium, add a central hallway connecting the exhibits, and add a coffee shop/gift shop/bookstore.

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Changes under way at the Atlanta History Center 3. Cyclorama. The History Center has raised more than $32 million to restore and build a new home for the 128-year-old painting “The Battle of Atlanta,” which now is on display at the Cyclorama in Grant Park. If city of Atlanta officials approve the deal, the History Center plans to build a new home for the painting as one of its displays. The money raised includes $10 million for maintenance of the painting. History Center conservators plan to restore the painting to its original size, adding 3,268 square feet that was removed in 1921, and hang the painting the way it was originally displayed.

The Atlanta History Center has begun a major renovation of its facilities. Over the next few years, more than $53 million is to be spent on projects at the museum and on its grounds. The work, History Center officials say, is intended to make the facility more visible from the street and more inviting to visitors.

1. New entrance from West Paces Ferry and new atrium. Construction is under way to build a new entrance to the History Center and enlarge the building’s atrium to 5,300 square feet. The $21 million project will change the look of the building and add a new gift shop/ coffee shop/bookstore that center officials hope will be used by neighbors as well as museum visitors. The plan includes moving the front of the building closer to West Paces, landscaping the drive to reflect the center’s gardens, and adding a hallway through the building that will connect all the center’s exhibits. Opens 2015.

4. Elias Wood family cabin. The center is moving to its campus a log cabin that originally was located in the Hollywood Road area. The cabin, home to Elias and Jane Wood, was built on land ceded to Georgia by the Creek Indians in 1821, and dates to Atlanta’s earliest days, the center says. Opening fall 2014.

2. New history of Atlanta display. History Center historians are working on a new display of center artifacts and documents, and plan to tell the story of the city of Atlanta in a new way. It’s the first reworking of the center’s main exhibit since the building opened in 1993. The new exhibit, the center says, will allow visitors to see, hear, touch and explore the exhibits through new media. Opens 2016.

center’s neighbors will come for coffee or a spot to relax. The shop will offer places to sit and Wi-Fi connections, he said. “It’s not going to be like any other museum bookstore,” Hale said. “It’s going to be a community living room. What I want it to be is the coolest bookstore/café/living room you’re ever been to.” The center used focus groups to determine what people wanted to see. Audience feedback said one thing museum goers wanted, Hale said, was coffee. “Coffee and a chair,” Hardwick said. As the building gets a new entrance and façade, the center’s main exhibit showing the history of Atlanta is being re-tooled, too. The exhibit, which hadn’t changed since it was installed in 1993, has been removed and center historians are reworking it. They intend for the new exhibit, scheduled to open in 2016, to be more interactive and to do a better job of bringing Atlanta history to life. “We’re going to talk about your neighborhood,” Hale said. “One week it could be Morningside, the next week it could be Old Fourth Ward. Everybody loves to talk about their neighborhood. ... We think that construct of ‘neighborhoods’ might be a disciplined way for us to get out into the community.” And Hale wants the history center to get out more. He thinks the nonprofit center should have a greater impact on the community. “When we started this project, one of our goals was to really change the way people feel as they walk onto this 33-acre campus,” Hardwick said. “We’re changing. ... All of this helps reinforce that. It mirrors the organization we‘re becoming.”

5. Goizueta Gardens. A $3 million gift from the Goizueta Foundation will be used to rehabilitate and tie together the History Center’s 22 acres of gardens, which include six public gardens that illustrate the horticultural history of the area. Ongoing. Source: Atlanta History Center

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County: Help library To the editor: We are lucky that we have hard working citizens to tackle the hard jobs that Fulton County refuses to provide (“Resident devotes time to beautifying library,” Sandy Springs Reporter, Sept. 5). However, I see that Ms. McAdam is looking for volunteers and wishes to form a coalition including funds. How about forcing Fulton County to provide the basics of lawn care and trash pickup, and the volunteers provide the talent for the landscaping extras? This article reminds me of the reasons we fought for the city of Sandy Springs in the first place. Fulton County has never provided the services that our community deserved, although we have been writing them checks for years. As a reminder to all, almost 75 percent of the traffic lights needed repairs when the city took over. We don’t even need to talk about the ongoing street repairs. As a longtime patron of the library, I haven’t concentrated so much on the landscaping except for the downed trees when I drive there and park. I now am just trying to figure out if the library is even open. It was so smart of Fulton County to punish the taxpayers by closing the library on Fridays and reducing the hours. What better way to get the citizens to acquiesce to the rise in mileage rates? With the advent of the new cities in

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Fulton County, the county government provides many fewer services. I simply don’t understand why they can’t seem to streamline their structure and quit wasting OUR money. Fulton County needs to figure out how to maintain what they are responsible for. Why not using some of its prison population or those to be punished by performing community service to maintain the libraries? Let’s not allow them to abrogate their responsibilities.

My ‘red flags’ are up To the editor:

I agree with the letter to the editor by Cindy S. Mayer (“Reconsider City Center plans,” Sandy Springs Reporter, Sept. 5-18) completely. My husband and I have been residents of Sandy Springs since 1975 and have witnessed many changes, including the welcome creation of the city of Sandy Springs. When I began to hear of the grandiose plans for the Sandy Tammy Sandin Springs government center, my red flags began to go up. There is no need for me to rehash Ms. Mayer’s reasoning and logic. She did a well-thoughtTo the editor: out and cogent analysis of LET T E R S T O the situation. At the very I fully underleast, when my tax money THE E DIT OR stand and admire is financing such an enorthe devotion and E-mail letters to mous outlay as city Managimpetus behind this editor@reporternewspapers.net er John McDonough menfine service but as tions of $24 million to $40 long as citizens promillion for a performing vide what the library arts center, as part of a total city center system should be supplying, cuts will be cost of $169.3 million to $196.6 milmade without conscience. lion, I and others who pay for the city Why should Sandy Springs have a and its functions should have a chance neglected library? Why should the esto have an input by vote on the scope of sential services of community inforsaid project. mation be compromised here? What is Do you believe that the majority of wrong with Atlanta, that it cannot meet Sandy Springs residents are in favor of the aspirations of its citizens? adding a performing arts center to the city government complex? I do not. David Carr

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She’s got a hammer and knows how to use it After living for 38 years in Sandy Springs, Julia Woodman was talking one recent afternoon about moving. “This was country when I moved out here,” Woodman said as she sat in her sprawling, art-filled home on Powers Ferry Road. “Cars on Powers Ferry were an event. Now they’re a menace.” She feels it’s time to move. Her husband died two years ago. She wants to be closer to her family in Cobb County. “It’s lonely here,” she said. “It’s isolated because everybody has 2 acres. I don’t know my neighbors.” But, unlike many aging Sandy Springs residents who contemplate settling into smaller, more manageable homes, Woodman had some special,

casions at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead, a medallion worn at Georgia State University’s formal ceremonies, more tea services. AROUND She’s studTOWN ied abroad, teaches, and JOE EARLE has developed a following. Her work has been displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others. That’s a long way from where she started. She grew up on a farm in North Carolina. Her dad ran a dairy just outside Asheville. She “always had been arty,” she said, so she went to college in New York to study industrial deJOE EARLE sign. There, she met her Metalsmith Julia Woodman in her art studio. husband-tobe. He was a well, considerations as she planned her military man who taught ROTC at the move. time. After she married, they travelled After all, not everyone who’s downall over, from Fort Knox to Iran. “We sizing takes an anvil with them. Or a moved 19 times in 20 years,” she said. hammer to use on the anvil. Or a metOnce he retired, he found work al press. near Atlanta and they settled in Sandy “This is my 50-ton press,” she said, Springs, out in the country. She decided sitting in her basement studio crowdto go back to school and, at age 49, ened with metal-working tools. “It only rolled at Georgia State University with weighs 1,400 pounds, but it has 50 tons plans to study sculpture. She found she of pressure.” She uses it to make bowls. liked working with metal. “I discovered “I want to make bowls into my 80s.” I had a little talent,” she said. “I startSo, how old is she? “81. And I’m still ed winning competitions and commismaking bowls. Can you imagine?” sions.” Well, yes you can. After an hour talkIn 1986, she started spending poring with Woodman, you can imagine tions of her summers doing metal work her tackling all sorts of things. She raat an international craft school near diates enthusiasm and energy. And she’s Asheville. Eventually, she won a scholstill eager to try new things. arship to study metalworking in Finland “If you stop learning, you get ripe “from second and third generation Faand fall off the vine and rot,” she said. bergé masters.” She’s a metalsmith. Not just a silverShe intends to keep working with smith, she says, but a metalsmith. She metal as long as she can. “All so I can works various kinds of metal into works continue working with metal, so I can of art. “Metal requires an enormous sling a hammer.” amount of discipline,” she said. After all, it’s still fun. And fun is imShe earned her B.F.A. degree deportant. signing and making a silver teapot and “You don’t stop playing when you get creamer. She moved on to other things – old,” she said. “You get old when you processional crosses used on special ocstop playing.”

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There’s a new cat in town. The jaguar is the mascot representing the new Atlanta Jewish Academy, a merger of two longtime private Jewish schools in the Atlanta area – Greenfield Hebrew Academy lower and middle school in Sandy Springs and Yeshiva Atlanta High School in DeKalb. Backers say the merger creates the only Jewish day school in metro Atlanta serving pre-K through 12th grade students. “A family can come here knowing this is a full-service place,” said new Head of School Rabbi Pinchos Hecht, who moved from Florida to take the position. Meanwhile, a very different kind of new school is emerging in Buckhead. The Atlanta Classical Academy opened this year with 450 students selected from 1,341 who entered a lottery to attend the new public charter school. The school follows the classical education model, which follows Western traditions and has been popular with Christian schools, though organizers have said no religious material will be in the curriculum. Matthew Kirby, chairman of the school’s board of directors, said the school took “a very traditional, liberal-arts approach.” The classical academy opened offering classes from kindergarten through eighth grade. Its organizers plan to add a grade SEE SCHOOL MERGER, PAGE 28

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The Georgia Department of Education is rolling out new statewide tests this year in an effort to add more “rigor” in the evaluation of schools and students. “We need to know that students are being prepared, not at a minimum-competency level but with rigorous, relevant education, to enter college, the workforce or the military at a level that makes them competitive with students from other states,” Georgia School Superintendent Dr. John Barge said earlier

this year when the announcement was made. One parent with children in the Atlanta Public Schools system said that while she didn’t know much specifically about the new tests, that teachers in Buckhead public schools have been preparing the students for them. “I know they’re supposed to be higher rigor,” said Sara Catherine Kibler, who has a ninth-grader at North Atlanta High School, a sixth-grader at Sutton Middle School and a child who recently graduated

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DeKalb schools may soon pass Fulton County schools to become the state’s largest charter system if they succeed in its plan to convert its operations to a more flexible model. In April, Superintendent Michael Thurmond informed the DeKalb Board of Education that the district would pursue charter system status. A public hearing on the decision will follow an Oct. 6 school board work session, where the proposal will be discussed. Georgia’s school systems are exploring options for more autonomy following a Georgia Department of Education mandate from several years back that they choose an operating model by June 2015. Schools must choose a charter system model or an “Investing in Educational Excellence System” model, called “IE2,” or retain the status quo. The charter system and IE2 models allow school systems to sidestep many state rules and regulations while also requiring more accountability. “In exchange for increased autonomy, including waivers from state law, . . . districts receive the flexibility to be innovative and thereby [must] show greater accountability and higher student performance,” said Trenton Arnold, a regional superintendent for DeKalb schools, at a public hearing on Aug. 28. According to Atlanta Public Schools’ website, the types of flexibility schools may pursue under the charter and IE2 options include customizing course offerings; waiving class-size requirements to allow for college-like settings; waiving class-time requirements to allow students to explore internships or dual enrollments; or hiring subject experts for

teachers and non-traditional gifted programs. The Atlanta Public School System hasn’t chosen what model it will pursue. “These are things that will dramatically change the way we do business,” said Superintendent Meria Carstarphen during her Sept. 9 “State of the Schools” address. “We haven’t chosen a model. APS could be very similar to what it is today; it could be very different.” APS currently has a survey on its website seeking community feedback on the direction it should take, and says if it decides to pursue the charter or IE2 option it will submit its application to the state by Nov. 5 following a presentation at its Oct. 6 board meeting. In Fulton, officials seem pleased that they converted in phases to charter status in 2012, with a final group of schools set to switch by this time next year. “Our charter system is really beginning to gain a lot of traction,” said Superintendent Robert Avossa, at Fulton schools’ back-to-school news briefing in August. He cited examples of what some Fulton schools have been able to do as a result of the conversion. At Centennial High School in Roswell, a physical education credit was waived, meaning that students in an athletic club or marching band can take a high-level credit course such as math or science instead. Meanwhile, Northview High School in Johns Creek applied for a class-size waiver, allowing the school to create larger classes to simulate a college experience. “We’re excited to see if we can replicate some of those strategies across the district,” Avossa said.

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“It’s good to see what level you’re at compared to other students in the state. They could be shorter, though.”

Thomas Beson The Marist School “I think standardized tests are important because it’s a way to judge everyone’s intelligence by the same scale. Although it leads to questions of upper class privilege, it’s still important to have a way to grade everyone’s intelligence, and I can’t think of another alternative that would complete that task.”

Olivia Hagen, The Galloway School “I think they are an important way to gauge students’ knowledge.”

Jordan Gold The Weber School

Q: Do you think standardized tests are important? “I think they provide a good baseline for national rankings. Other than that I don’t see a purpose. I think a more personalized curriculum is more important.”

Liam Collins Riverwood International Charter School “Standardized test are not important because they do not determine a student’s true abilities. People are smarter in certain areas that are not covered in a standardized test. These tests are not designed to improve intelligence, nor are they fair. They are only a measure of what students have learned and retained prior to taking the tests. Standardized tests test students on memory, as opposed to skills. Everyone has different learning styles, and with standardized tests, students are forced to comply with solely one style of learning, which makes standardized test absolutely biased.”

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EDUCATION GUIDE “Standardized test are important, because of the fact that they give people insight as to how students perform in school, because there are so many school systems and they are all different. The only problem with that is that not a lot of people are good test takers and in some cases this can make or break your future.”

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“I think they serve a purpose to make sure you comprehend the subject matter.”

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“Standardized tests are important because it is critical for students to practice time management and the ability to work for what they want. Also, colleges need to know the students that they are admitting.”

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“I find standardized tests useless because they don’t really prove how someone could solve a problem in the real world. The testing environment is too controlled and relates to nothing in real life. Standardized tests just show how well a person can bubble in an answer.”

Sarah Waindle, Riverwood International Charter School “Standardized test are important for the state to know how well students are performing, but these scores not only reflect on you but the teachers as well. Some students aren’t the best test takers. This shouldn’t affect the student’s or teacher’s capabilities. The student could be a genius, but according to the test he’s not meeting requirements. And the same for the teacher.”

Aiya Kadi, Riverwood International Charter School “SATs are good because they test your knowledge. But, SLOs are annoying because we obviously don’t know the content.”

Alycia Cooper Riverwood International Charter School

EDUCATION GUIDE “I don’t think standardized tests are fair because they don’t really measure your knowledge of school materials, just your test-taking skills. Additionally, studies have shown that teenagers from richer backgrounds do better on standardized tests because they can afford to hire tutors to teach them how to game the system.”

Tara Subramaniam, The Westminster School

“Standardized tests are not important because not everyone learns the same and not everyone can recall the same information.”

Ereka Fitts, Riverwood International Charter School “I think when they say ‘standardized,’ that doesn’t apply. Students in advanced classes will find the tests easy. They really need to be ‘standardized’ a lot better.”

Collins Vise, Riverwood International Charter School

“I like the tests that you can’t really study for. They compare students by intelligence rather than how hard they work.”

Chase Luther Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School “I think standardized tests are essential because they allow colleges to fairly compare students from different schools. If you go to an easy school and have high grades, but a poor SAT score, colleges will then be able to view your grades in context.”

Berhan Getachew, The Westminster School

“I think that standardized tests [referring to the SAT] are good in theory and that they give universities a chance to easily compare students from all around the country. However, I think they have become something that no longer does that. They seem much more focused on how well you can learn to take a test, rather than how well you understand the material it is covering.”

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Alicia Martinez, Atlanta International School “Standardized testing has very little to do with really learning and internalizing the nature of the information you learn. Much of it is repeating facts and showing how well you are able to recall information, rather than apply it to real-life situations and thinking critically. While it may have provided a good baseline for testing knowledge, there is much left to be desired as a means of gauging academic understanding.”

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a series of individual tests. Barge warned that parents should expect lower scores this year due to the increased expectations embodied in the new tests. However, this year the tests will have no bearing on whether or not students are held back, the state board recently announced. Robert Avossa, Fulton Schools superintendent, said he welcomes the higher challenges the new test will bring. “We’re anticipating a dip in academic outcomes, but y’all have heard me say this before, it’s the right thing to do,” Avossa said during a back-toschool news briefing in August. “We need to raise the bar.” With Georgia having one of the lowest scores in the nation, he said, “we’ve got to make sure we tell parents how their kids are truly doing.” Kibler said that standardized tests should hold students and teachers accountable. “We keep complaining that Georgia has low national standards for education, then we start complaining when we want to hold children accountable,” she said. Avossa did express concern that schools may not be able to adequately prepare students for the new tests, and that the changes the state has made in the past have often left districts scrambling. To help parents prepare their children, the DeKalb school system was planning to hold an interactive workshop to gain a better understanding of the tests. The new testing system will include open-ended questions -- to better gauge students’ content mastery,

the school system says. The plans are for the tests to be administered entirely online in five years. The state of Georgia awarded a bid on May 28 for a $107.8-million, fiveyear contract to CTB/McGraw-Hill to develop the new testing system. The state education department also said it would provide indepth information on student progress through an online tool called the Georgia Student Growth Model, found at www.gastudentgrowth.gadoe.org. “Historically, Georgia’s assessment system has only enabled us to ask certain questions: ‘What percentage of students met the state standard?’ for example, or, ‘Did more students meet the state standard this year compared to last year?’ the DOE said. “The [new model] will allow all stakeholders to take a deeper look at student growth by school and school district, asking questions such as, ‘Did students in this school grow more or less than academically similar students across the state? or, ‘Are students growing as much in math as in reading?’” Users can search student-growth data by district, grade, assessment and subject area. Parents and teachers will be able to view reports for their specific students. Results from the growth model will be used in the College and Career Ready Performance Index. “They’re pretty complicated to understand,” Avossa said, “but we want to make sure . . . all kids are growing at least one year in one year’s time [and] we can begin to close the gap that exists in some of our schools.”

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EDUCATION GUIDE The Georgia Department of Education has released the results of its second College & Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), a measure of public schools that takes into account CRCT and EOCT scores. Those tests will be replaced this year by Milestones. Statewide, both elementary and middle schools saw increases overall, while high school scores saw a dip. Overall, Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County schools increased scores at all three levels, while DeKalb County schools fell in all three. Here are the results, based on a 110-point scale, from 2013 and 2012 for schools in Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven.

Buckhead schools E. Rivers Elementary Garden Hills Elementary Morris Brandon Elementary Sarah Smith Elementary Warren T. Jackson Elementary Sutton Middle North Atlanta High APS Elementary Schools (all) APS Middle Schools (all) APS High Schools (all)

2013 76.8 76 94.2 86.6 93.2 84.3 70.6 67.1 65.4 59.2

2012 72.7 68.6 90.7 89.8 94 77.4 64.8 59.6 60.4 58.9

Brookhaven schools Ashford Park Elementary Montgomery Elementary Woodward Elementary DeKalb PATH Elementary DeKalb PATH Middle Chamblee Middle School Chamblee Charter High Cross Keys High Dunwoody schools Austin Elementary Chesnut Elementary

2013 87.6 89 48 83.2 90.9 87.9 78.6 72.8 2013 96.5 84.1

2012 77.9 88.6 64.2 83 85.4 82.7 80.3 63.6 2012 95.1 70.2

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93.7 68.9 95.2 72.8 79.1 62.9 59.9 62

85.4 68.7 94.2 81 80.9 64.1 66.2 65.1

Sandy Springs schools Dunwoody Springs Elementary Heards Ferry Elementary High Point Elementary Ison Springs Elementary Lake Forest Elementary Spalding Drive Elementary Woodland Elementary Ridgeview Middle Sandy Springs Middle North Springs High Riverwood High Fulton Elementary Schools (all) Fulton Middle Schools (all) Fulton High Schools (all)

2013 65.9 91.2 73.9 86.9 64.2 78.6 85.8 71.7 75.8 75.6 73.5 77.8 74.6 77.6

2012 82 90.9 77.8 72.2 66.9 71 72.9 67.3 69.2 71.3 69.5 76.6 73.5 69

Source: Georgia Department of Education

APS, Fulton schools improve CCRPI scores, DeKalb sees dip

Curiosity and passion drive learning. When students explore their questions, passions, and interests in a hands-on, experiential learning environment, they grasp subject matter on a deeper level. They make connections that inspire original ideas. They understand how context and action impact their world. Prepared to be college-ready and globally competitive, Mount Vernon students are the new generation of innovative thinkers, engaged citizens and compassionate leaders.

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Lending a helping hand Dozens of students from Mount Vernon Presbyterian School honored the Sept. 11 National Day of Service by volunteering at the Sandy Springs Library. Students planted flowers, pulled weeds, and hauled and laid down mulch. Their efforts were organized by Sandy Springs resident Sylvia McAdams, who is working to improve the library’s grounds following cuts in services. Top left, Emily Hollis, left, and Arden Tahtinen empty mulch from a wheelbarrow. Bottom left, Epi Yonas, left, and Jacob Munoz do a little raking. Center, third-graders help plant flowers in front of the library sign. Top right, left to right, Curran Jolly, Zack Betz and Brooks Scarborough lay down mulch. Bottom right, Eric Soelberg helps pull out a stubborn weed.

Where will your child go and how will they get there? The Society of Mary founded Marist School more than 100 years ago to provide an education unlike any other. Our faculty and curriculum encourage excellence in all of our students. Beyond the classroom, we offer a comprehensive array of extracurricular activities to inspire exploration and uncover students’ hidden talents. Through it all, we instill a sense of personal responsibility, foster spiritual growth, and teach the joy of serving others.

Learn more about what Marist has to offer. Please visit marist.com or call Jim Byrne, director of admissions and financial aid, at 770.936.2214. Help your child prepare his or her future—no matter where it leads.

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Left, the Rt. Rev. Rob Wright, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, with Paul Barton, the new head of school at Holy Innocents’, and his wife Leanne, at the Celebration of New Ministry service.

experience EPSTEIN. We’re way more than you imagined.

Holy Innocents’ installs new head of schools Paul Barton was recently installed as the new head of school at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal in Sandy Springs. Special guest the Rt. Rev. Rob Wright, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and a Holy Innocents’ parent, led the service. The entire student body participated in the ceremony, called the Celebration of New Ministry.

SSEF hosting first Footprints for the Future 5K The Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF) will host its inaugural Footprints for the Future 5K and Family Fun Run on Saturday, Nov. 8. The event, part of the RUN & See Georgia Grand Prix Race Series, will provide families from throughout metro Atlanta and Sandy Springs the opportunity to come together for a day of fitness and fun. Money raised from the event goes toward SSEF’s mission of inspiring and supporting Sandy Springs public school students to graduate and pursue productive lives beyond high school by providing educational and enrichment programs. Footprints will start at Lake Forest Elementary School, 5920 Sandy Springs Circle, NE. For more information, visit www.sandyspringseducationforce.org.

Mazel Tov to the Epstein Class of 2010 We are proud of your achievements in high school and wish you continued success in your freshman year in college. COLLEGE ATTENDANCE Ohio University Tufts University Tulane University United States Air Force Academy University of Alabama University of Central Florida University of Florida University of Georgia University of Glasgow University of Michigan University of South Carolina University of Vermont Washington University in St. Louis

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Riverwood runners earn state and national recognition The Riverwood Lady Raiders Cross Country team is currently ranked 5th in State Class 5A. Junior Anna Hayden is ranked No. 1 in the state. Sophomore teammate Elizabeth Graves is No. 2. Both Hayden and Graves have been recognized this year by Ga. MileSplit with “Runners of the Week” honors. With Hayden meeting the MileSplit U.S. First Team standard and Graves meeting the Milesplit U.S. Second Team standard, this is the first time that the Raiders have ever had two athletes qualify for first and second team national elite status in one season.

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Mount Vernon named an Ashoka Changemaker School Mount Vernon Presbyterian School has been selected into Ashoka’s Changemaker Schools Network, joining 59 innovative schools across the country. The school, the only one in Georgia to date, was chosen for equipping students with the vital skills necessary to address the needs of the community through empathy, teamwork, problem-solving and leadership. Bo Adams, chief learning and innovation officer at Mount Vernon, said, “If school is supposed to prepare kids for real life, then why doesn’t school look more like real life? For more than a decade, this central question has guided my research and professional practice as an educational leader. “Through design thinking and real-world context and problem solving, we are striving to nurture engaged citizen leaders and people that give, rather than get or take, for their education.”

Free digital textbooks available through the Georgia Department of Education

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Teachers, school leaders, parents and students can now access free, interactive digital textbooks through the Georgia Department of Education’s website. “As we implement the new standards, we know teachers and parents need highquality resources,” State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge said. “We developed these textbooks and other resources for middle and high school virtual school courses, and the students who have used them have been very successful. Much of their success can be attributed to these exceptional resources in the hands of our teachers.” The textbooks, which can be accessed by visiting www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources, are currently available for middle and high school courses. They cover an array of content areas in language arts, math, science and social studies. Many of the textbooks feature supplemental or interactive content, including study guides, discussion questions, games, audio recordings and quizzes. These resources are aligned to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards and are free for use by schools, districts or individuals.

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Combining the best of Greenfield Hebrew Academy & Yeshiva Atlanta PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER

It’s a match! The Dunwoody High School girls’ varsity volleyball team faced the Holy Innocents’ Lady Bears in the North Springs Charter High School gym on Sept. 11. Above, Holy Innocents’ player Kat Glover, right, with Dunwoody’s Caroline Madden, left, and Bridget Boyle defending. Center, Golden Bears players Helania Theos, left center, and clockwise, Sarah Joe, Kat O’Connor, Kat Glover, Kate Chesser and Haley Collins celebrate after winning the first game. Left, Lady Bears’ Haley Collins bumps, or passes, the ball. The Dunwoody Lady Wildcats won the match, two games to one.

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Come meet representatives from these schools: • Atlanta International School • Atlanta Jewish Academy • Cliff Valley School • The Children’s School • The Davis Academy • The Epstein School • The Friends School of Atlanta • The Galloway School • The Lovett School • The Paideia School • Pace Academy • Trinity School • Woodward Academy • St. Martin’s Episcopal School • The Westminster Schools • Springmont, Atlanta’s First Montessori School

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Celebrating Epstein’s renovations, front row from left, Ted Blum, Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, President of Board Mark Stern, Jack Halpern, Lynne Halpern, Carolyn Oppenheimer and City Councilman Graham McDonald. Back row, from left, Amy Fox, Tamar Stern, Head of School Stan Beiner, Greg Lewis, Bryan Lewis, Ramie Tritt and Joyce Tritt.

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The Epstein School in Sandy Springs recently celebrated the completion of the first phase of renovations resulting from its Building Our Future Capital Campaign. The changes include a new, restaurant-quality kosher kitchen and cafeteria, major overhauls of the Orkin Education Building and Halpern Family Building, combined with a state-of-the-art renovation of the Goldstein Media Center and the Cavalier Bet Tefilah.

DeKalb School District boosts budget surplus to $30.9 million

Lovett Developing young men and women of honor, faith, and wisdom with the character and intellect to thrive in college and in life. Learn more at www.lovett.org.

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The DeKalb County School District has announced a 35 percent increase in its surplus for Fiscal Year 2014, reporting an additional $10.9 million in reserves over the $20-million surplus previously estimated. Superintendent Michael Thurmond cited an increase in revenue collections as well as lower expenditures to produce a FY14 fund balance of $30.9 million. “The additional $10.9 million in reserves demonstrates that we are making significant progress in stabilizing the finances of the DeKalb County School District,” Thurmond said in a press release. “Our goal is a fund balance of $66 million. We’re just halfway there, but we are confident that we will reach that milestone.” When Thurmond was appointed interim superintendent in February 2013, the school district faced a budget deficit of $21.4 million. The $30.9 million fund balance represents an improvement of $52.3 million since the end of FY2012. Earlier this year, the district announced an anticipated surplus of $20 million in a budget that made new investments in instruction, technology and school safety. The FY14 budget also eliminated furlough days, and provided the first pay raises to teachers and staff in six years.

Cross Keys teacher earns State Farm grant Glenda Bonds, a Business Computer Science teacher at Cross Keys High School in Brookhaven, received a State Farm Student Achievement Grant to lead her students in a semester-long service and learning project to address the issue of senior citizens’ hunger. Bonds’ project begins on Oct. 5, and continues through Global Youth Service Day in April 2015. Throughout the school year, students will partner with the Senior Connections’ Meals on Wheels program to assist in preparing and distributing meals to the elderly. “Service learning enhances academic achievement and serves as an avenue for civic involvement for students,” Bonds said. Bonds is one of 130 State Farm Student Achievement Grant recipients for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Inspiring students from 18 months to 8th grade

Marist’s Styf is a national ‘Teacher of the Future’ Marist School 7th grade science teacher Sarah Styf has been selected by the National Association of Independent Schools to participate in its Teachers of the Future program. As one of only 35 teachers nationwide chosen for the program, Styf will participate in a variety of initiatives that aims to strengthen learning and teaching at independent schools, as well as grow the instructors’ personal and professional leadership capacities. The 2014-15 NAIS Teachers of the Future were selected from a pool of nominees who “exemplify creativity and innovation in the classroom, inspire academic excellence in students, and who serve as opinion leaders among their colleagues and peers,” according to a National Association of Independent Schools press release. “You don’t want to make smartphones or any other new technology the enemy,” Styf said. “There are a lot of really cool apps out there that can be used to make the classroom fun and the lessons informative.” Styf ’s frequent tweets give parents who follow her an open door to class activities and lessons. “When I saw the criteria for the Teachers of the Future program, Sarah immediately came to mind,” said Styf ’s nominator, Tricia Glidewell, Marist School dean of faculty. “From introducing her colleagues to the Kagan Method of teaching to inspiring a group to attend a Critical Thinking Conference to sharing how she uses TED talks in her classroom, she has not only been an innovator herself, but she has inspired creativity and innovation in others.” Styf earned a BA in biology from Kalamazoo College and an MA in physics education from the University of Virginia. She began teaching seventh and eighth grade science through Marist School’s middle-school-tailored Foundations program in 2010.

St. Martin’s students learn to be ‘digital citizens’

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An extraordinary, curious, open mind. A sense of wonder nurtured and inspired. Lessons experienced, not just taught. Collective engagement and personal success. Gifts of knowledge and wisdom extending far beyond the classroom. Welcome to Springmont.

Join us for an Open House! Upcoming Dates: November 7th January 11th January 29th

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Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 10:00 a.m. Presentation at 10:30 followed by school tours

St. Martin’s Episcopal School recently delivered iPads to all its 4th and 5th graders, and HP Chromebooks to all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. The school did a test program with two grade levels last year. They will use the devices throughout the school day and at home for homework assignments. In addition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms each have five iPads that students can use in small groups or centers for different learning activities. Those iPads are housed on campus at all times. In the Early Childhood preschool, a mobile cart housing 20 iPads is available for teachers to “check out” and bring to their classrooms for learning activities. In addition to teaching students how to use these devices for their academic work, St. Martin’s is intentionally teaching students how to be good “digital citizens” -- be responsible with their equipment and be accountable for how they use them.

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At The Children’s School, Hands-on learning is child’s play Experience hands-on learning for yourself at The Children’s School’s fall open house Nov. 2, 2014 2pm to 4pm

From left, Caswell King, Gracie Ackaway, Lauren Young, Charlotte Hermann, Katie Crofton and Knox Pittman.

St. Martin’s students earn high marks in French contest Middle School French students at St. Martin’s Episcopal School recently took the National French Contest exam, also known as “Le Grand Concours,” administered by the American Association of Teachers of French. Several students received high accolades on the exam. Eighth graders Charlotte Hermann and Knox Pittman both ranked No. 7 in the nation. Seventh-graders Gracie Ackaway, Caswell King and Lauren Young, and eighth-grader Katie Crofton, ranked in the top 10 in the state.

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Come see for yourself! Call 678-527-3300 to schedule a private tour or visit www.davisacademy.org for 2014-2015 Parent Information Session dates.

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DeKalb schools’ online tool allows parents to view progress The DeKalb County School District has a new and updated Campus Portal, a confidential and secure website that allows parents and guardians to log in and view their children’s progress in school. “The Campus Portal strengthens the partnership between our schools, and our parents and guardians,” said Michael Thurmond, superintendent of the DeKalb County School District. “With Campus Portal, academic information is shared confidentially and quickly, allowing parents to know right away if their students are on the right track or need academic help. Campus Portal helps keep our students on track, and reestablishes the bond between schools and homes.” Parents and guardians designated with legal rights to student records may receive a Campus Portal account. In order to create a Campus Portal account, parents and guardians will need to retrieve an activation code and create a username and password. For more information, visit www.dekalb.k12.ga.us.

Sandy Springs Education Force, Mount Vernon named STEM award finalists The Technology Association of Georgia has announced that the Sandy Springs Education Force and Mount Vernon Presbyterian School have been named finalists for the 2014 STEM Education Awards. The awards recognize schools, programs and companies for outstanding efforts and achievements in supporting and promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education in Georgia. Selected among 220 nominees, SSEF has been named a finalist for its work in partnership with the Georgia Tech Research Institute in presenting a comprehensive and community-wide STEM event. “Our partnership with GTRI has inspired countless students in Sandy Springs to consider a future career in STEM, and we are honored to share this recognition with them,” said SSEF Executive Director Irene Schweiger in a press release. Mount Vernon was chosen as a finalist for its design thinking approach to learning. The school instituted the first, comprehensive K-12 design thinking program in Atlanta.

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Pace’s Knights get a new home On Aug. 29, Pace Academy’s varsity football team took on the Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats in the first athletic competition at Walsh Field, a new facility within Pace Academy’s existing Athletics Complex. The game marked the end of a two-year, $32-million capital campaign for the Arthur M. Blank Family Upper School, a 75,000-square-foot building that recently opened on the school’s W. Paces Ferry Road campus in Buckhead. More than 1,300 donors contributed to the campaign, which exceeded its goal by more than $3 million, allowing for the completion of the school’s satellite Athletics Complex, located at 5700 Riverview Road in Cobb County. Pace Academy parents, volunteers, and alumni Leigh and Tim Walsh (Pace Class of 1981) contributed to the campaign, the largest alumni capital gift in Pace Academy history, and Walsh Field is named in their honor. “Participation in Pace Athletics has had a tremendous impact on me, on Leigh and on our three children,” said Walsh, who served as chairman of Pace Academy’s Board of Trustees from 2011 to 2014. “It was time for the quality of our facilities to match the quality of our student-athletes, and our family is fortunate to be part of making that happen.” The Walsh Family cut the ribbon on Walsh Field during a back-to-school event for faculty and staff on Aug. 28, and they participated in the inaugural coin toss prior to the Aug. 29 game. In addition to the opening festivities, the Knights’ 2014 state champions in track and girls’ soccer received state-championship rings during halftime, and the Knights went on to defeat the Bobcats 14-12. Walsh Field includes a state-of-the-art stadium with bleacher seating, a FIFA-regu-

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Pace Academy’s new Walsh Field. The school’s Athletics Complex also includes a baseball field, multipurpose field for football, soccer and lacrosse, locker rooms, an athletic training facility and a snack bar.

lation grass field and a Beynon track. The facility fulfills the school’s original vision for the Riverview Road property, which it acquired in 2005. In addition to Walsh Field, Pace Academy Athletics Complex includes Charlie Owens Baseball Field, a multipurpose field for football, soccer and lacrosse, locker rooms, an athletic training facility and a snack bar.

Raiders attend Governor’s program Four Riverwood International Charter School students, after an audition and interview process, were selected to participate in a four-week 2014 Governor’s Honors Program at Valdosta State University. Students Garon Berenson in technology, Max Kantor in theater, Callaway Powlus in music and Pascal Acree in biology were selected. GHP is a residential summer program for approximately 700 intellectually gifted and artistical-

ly talented high school juniors and seniors from across the state. Students spend their mornings in their major area of nomination exploring topics not usually found in the regular high school classroom. During the afternoons, students choose one of the other 20 areas in which to study. Evenings are filled with seminars, activities, concerts and performances. Now in its 51st year, GHP is fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly.

Grant to improve school superintendents’ skills The Wallace Foundation is investing $3 million in a five-year effort to help the DeKalb County School District improve the instructional leadership skills of its principal supervisors or regional superintendents. The initiative is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools by providing more effective instructional support to school level leaders.

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BEYOND EXPECTATIONS At Galloway, students (ages 3-18) are inspired to push beyond intellectual boundaries, to embrace challenges, and VISIT GALLOWAYSCHOOL.ORG to discover more about themselves and the world for more info and to sign up for an admissions tour. around them.

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School develops in students a love of learning, respect for self and others, faith in God, and a sense of service to the world community.

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each year until it reaches 12. Dr. Terrence O. Moore was hired as its first principal. He was the founding principal of Ridgeview Classical Schools in Colorado, which Atlanta Classical Academy is modeled after. The new school is located at the Northside Drive campus of the Heiskell School, a private Christian school that closed this summer. It’s open to all students in the Atlanta Public Schools System, but it’s located in the North Atlanta High attendance zone. Ian Ratner, chairman of the Atlanta Jewish Academy board, said talks of creating a new Jewish K-12 program have been going on for years. About two years ago, “a working group was formed to really get more involved in the analysis,” he said. The boards of both schools voted this summer to merge the schools. Both Ratner and Hecht say there are numerous benefits to merging into one school. Hecht said aside from operations becoming more efficient, a merger provides growth opportunities for faculty. “There’s more professional opportunity for steps up they can take in a larger system with a full school,” he said. A full school also strengthens the community, he said. “Where I was a principal earlier, many of my students became my parents, and that speaks to a certain kind of continuity, and you build a community,” Hecht said. Ratner explained that the K-12 model also helps students retain their Judaism. “The less breaks in the system, the less opportunity to leave the Jewish system,” he said. “There’s a much smaller number of Jewish children in Atlanta in high school than are in elementary school. What that says is that all of us aren’t doing a good enough job because we’re attracting kids into the elementary school but for some reason we can’t keep them engaged in high school.” Ratner said the school’s enrollment picked up some this year, and that having a school from early childhood to 12th grade helps with recruitment efforts as parents won’t have to worry about where

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to send their children when it’s time to enter high school. He said a study conducted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta a number of years ago called for lower and high schools in the community to align. “That’s been buzzing around Atlanta for a long time, he said. “We’re just the first people to say we’re doing it.” Ratner pointed to other successful pri-

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vate schools in the community with lower and high schools. “One of the things about the Kthrough-12 model that struck me is that most of the leading independent schools – not necessarily Jewish schools – whether its Woodward, Pace or Paideia or Westminster, all have adopted this uniform Kthrough-12 model.” Erica Gal, a parent with children in

preschool and kindergarten at the school, said that continuity is what attracted her to Atlanta Jewish Academy. While it’s her second year involved with the school, she said that she was aware in the beginning of a possible merger. “It’s important to us because we do see our involvement in the school and where we put our kids in terms of a long-term commitment,” she said. “As parents we’re thrilled and excited about the possibility of our kids growing up in this system that takes them from children to adults.” Ratner said a full school also helps from a fundraising perspective. “It gives you a much longer life of a family,” he said, “instead of the family starting in kindergarten and by the time they get to grade 6 or 7 they are already looking at different options. . . . You want families to develop that longterm fundraising relationship that says, ‘Hey, we’re going to get you on a program where you’re going to make a donation every year for the next 10 years.’ You get them bought into the programs. So from a fundraising and investment perspective it is absolutely the winning model.” The school’s name, too, leaves space at the front, in case a major donor comes through during the school’s fundraising. Names were solicited from board and steering committee members, and then a survey was sent to the board, with survey results later analyzed. Possible names were categorized, but “academy” was a name that popped up frequently. “‘Academy’ gives a sense of educational quality,” Ratner said. “‘Jewish’ identifies who we are.” Right now the schools remain on their respective campuses. But the plan is for the high school to eventually move to the Sandy Springs campus adjacent to the theater arts building. The Yeshiva campus will then be turned into a sports complex, retaining its state-of-the-art gym, and adding a soccer field, baseball diamond and tennis court. “I would not be shocked, when other schools see the energy that this kind of combined institute can create, if there were other similar mergers going up very quickly,” Hecht said.

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During the high holy days -- which begin at sunset Sept. 24 with the start of Rosh Hashanah -- Jews awaken spiritually to examine their deeds and atone with their creator. Rabbis in Reporter Newspapers communities say they seek to provide inspiration and healing in sermon topics. In Dunwoody, Rabbi Mark Zimmerman, of the Congregation Beth Shalom, compares the importance of Rosh Hashanah to the Super Bowl. “It’s the Super Bowl of Jewish spirituality,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to take stock of life, pause and see where we are as individuals and as a community.” It’s a time when Rabbi Analia Bortz, of Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs, leads her congregation “to show with pride who we are by the contributions we’ve done for the world.” Her sermon will speak out against the vandalism in synagogues and the murder of Jewish reporters in Europe, and she said she will call her congregation to action without vengeance. “The idea is about taking action by producing more contributions to the world,” she said.

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The Jewish New Year starts with the At the Congregation Or Hadash, locatemotion-stirring call from a ram’s horn, an ed in Sandy Springs, generations are repinstrument known as the shofar. resented by the alternating roles of two Signaling a call to acshofar blowers. Bruce tion, shofar blowers resoDuner, a man in his 50s, nate with the words from To hear the shofar, read this and Adam Rosenfeld, a the Torah, asking conman in his 20s, have been article on our website at gregations to commemblowing the shofar for ReporterNewspapers.net orate the sacred occasion about six years. of Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Analia Bortz loud blasts. said these two do a magThe high holy holidays start the Jewish nificent job blowing the shofar. calendar over, and faithful members look “Tears come out of your eyes when inward to reflect on the year in terms of they blow the shofar,” she said. “[It’s] a deeds and their relationship with God. CONTINUED ON PAGE 34

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and personal message also,” Sandler said. Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla, of Congregation Or Veshalom in Brookhaven, said he will talk about healing after a difficult summer, noting one of the central prayers of Rosh Hashanah asks to let the

year end with all its curses and negativity, and let the new year bring blessings. “We need to focus on the positive, the miracles of the land of Israel, the miracles of the Jewish people and the miracle of Jewish existence, and the hope of a serene and joyous new year,” he said.

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most pristine and beautiful sound.” Duner, who had played trombone from middle school through college, thought he would use that experience when he volunteered to blow shofar for services at Or Hadash. But it turned out his years with the trombone only helped a little -- shofars have no mouthpiece attachment or pitch control and the sound is created only by the shape of the horn itself and the positioning of the player’s lips. Duner found his shofar in 2008, when he visited Israel for his son’s bar mitzvah. “I’d always wanted to buy one,” Duner said, adding that a “shofar has to choose you—like Harry Potter’s wand.” Visiting various shops in Israel, Duner said some stores displayed decorated shofars and made a big deal out of their arrangements, but the place where Duner found his shofar simply had several horns stuffed in a box. “I started pulling a bunch out and the second or third one I tried, I said ‘That’s it!’” Duner said. “I just looked at my wife and she smiled.” Now, Duner said he displays his shofar above the fireplace in his living room and takes it down to blow it during the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah. Or Hadash’s younger shofar blow-

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ing director at Hines. The company has requested a zoning change for 14.3 acres of land at Peachtree Dunwoody, Abernathy and Mount Vernon roads from office to mixed use, which would allow for the apartments, as well as a use permit for the office tower to exceed maximum height requirements. In July, the council deferred a vote on the project for 60 days to study traffic in the area. City staff members and the city Planning Commission have recommended the council approve the Northpark project with some conditions, saying it fit into Sandy Springs’ Comprehensive Plan and Live Work Regional district. Critics have said a 50-story office tower would be the tallest in the area and would change the city’s landscape. They say the project would bring too much traffic to an already-congested area. Ferris said he requested the deferral so that city staff could analyze the new proposal, which also reduces office space by 150,000 square feet and retail by 50,000 square feet. “We think we’ve made significant

improvements and are very close” to a solution,” Ferris said, adding that the company is still willing to make road infrastructure improvements that it had previously proposed. Those improvements include a northbound and additional southbound turning lanes on Peachtree Dunwoody, dual eastbound turning lanes on Mount Vernon, restriping the Mount Vernon bridge for two westbound lanes, constructing a dedicated westbound right turn lane on Mount Vernon, a left turn eastbound lane on Mount Vernon, pedestrian sidewalks and bike lanes. Councilman Gabriel Sterling, who represents District 4, where the project is located, made the motion to defer the vote. “I think we want to see mixed use and good quality mixed use,” he said. “We gave the 60-day deferral so that we could get a handle on traffic [in the area].” But, he expressed frustration that a new proposal had not been worked on earlier. Councilman John Paulson said he liked the idea of mixed-use projects in the area, and that the Northpark project would change office space to a place where people could both live and work. It’s a “great direction for this property,” he said.

City Council defers vote on Franklin Road development The Sandy Springs City Council on Sept. 16 granted a 60-day deferral to a proposed development at Franklin and Roswell roads that would replace the Park 225 apartments. The delay will allow The Providence Group to continue working with neighbors to address concerns that the project is too dense. On Aug. 21, the city’s Planning Commission recommended the deferral, stating that while redeveloping the property is needed, the proposed density is too high. The developers have requested rezon-

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SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201402837

Petitioner:

Elizabeth Weiner

Location:

4600 Roswell Road

Request:

Primary variance from Section 33.22.H.2 to allow wall signs on non-street facing walls for buildings A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals October 9, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201402757

Petitioner:

Jarrett Jack

Location:

310 Heards Ferry Road

Request:

Primary variance from Section 6.2.3.C and 6.2.3.D of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required side and rear setbacks for construction of an accessory structure.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals October 9, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201402612

Petitioner:

Ted Meleky

Location:

7060 Glenridge Drive

Request:

Primary variance from Section 109-225 (a) (1) & (2) of the Stream Buffer Protection Ordinance for relief from the seventy-five (75) foot impervious surface setback and fifty (50) foot undisturbed buffer.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals October 9, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF REZONING Petition Number:

201402366

Petitioner:

Mt. Vernon Estates, LLC

Property Location:

358 Mt. Vernon Hwy

Present Zoning:

R-1 (Single Family Dwelling District)

Request:

To rezone the subject property to R-2A (Single Family Dwelling District), with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings:

Planning Commission September 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Mayor and City Council October 21, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

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Police Blotter The following incidents and arrests are some but not all of the reports ﬁled with SSPD over the listed period, dated from Sept. 1 through Sept. 12. The following information was provided by the Sandy Springs Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.

CAPTAIN STEVE ROSE, SSPD srose@sandyspringsga.gov

R O BBERY 8000

block of Adair Lane 30350—On Sept. 1, a 24-year-old woman reported that around 5:30 p.m, she was on Adair Lane near Morgan Falls Road, in her car, when a man came from the bushes and ordered her out of the car. The man drove off. He was described as about 30 years old, 5-foot 9-inches and slim. He had a white shirt and jeans.

the counter and began beating the owner’s wife. The owner and his wife were then tied up and put in the bathroom. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash and the victim’s cellphone. Both victims had to be transported to North Fulton Hospital.

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4000 block of Merlendale Court block of Sunnybrook Farm Road 30342—On Sept. 1, a resident said sev30328—On Sept. 2, an 86-year-old eral yard tools were taken from his gawoman said she heard her alarm go off at rage overnight. He had been working on around 3 a.m. She said a man came into one of the tools, and he left the garage her room and told her to be quiet, and door open overthen opened some night. Missing is a drawers before Read more of the weed eater, blowleaving. She didn’t Police Blotter online at er, chainsaw and know who the man www.reporternewspapers.net lawn mower. was, and she didn’t get a good look at 5800 block him. Officers found of Roswell Road 30328 – On Sept. 6, a signs of forced entry. She said the only accigar store alarm activated just before 2 tivity out of the ordinary was that a man a.m. Officers found that someone threw a had come to the door recently trying to rock through the storefront window and sell meat, but she didn’t know if the man took a cash register and about $600 cash. sounded the same. She was not injured. Mount Paran Road 30342—On Sept. 6600 block of Peachtree Dunwoody 6, a woman said that around 4:15 p.m. Road 30328 – On Sept. 7, a 20-year-old she pulled into the driveway of a resiwoman reported that around 1 p.m. she dence and saw several juveniles flee from was walking in the parking garage, when the home and into nearby woods. Three a man with a gun approached her. He of them were still on the scene and told took her “Beats” headphones, wallet and police that the owner’s son invited them cellphone, and then ran off. He was deto come over to drink some beer and play scribed as a man in his 20s, with a deep beer pong on the ping-pong table. The voice, and dirty blond hair sticking out woman did not want to prosecute. The of a black hoodie pulled over his face. He juveniles were turned over to parents. wore gray sweats and had a black gun, slightly larger than his hand. 1000

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Road 30350—On Sept. 9, a 21-year-old delivery driver for a small restaurant said that around 9:30 p.m. he was driving on Trowbridge Road, when a young man jumped in front of his car. He stopped, opened the door and got out to ask the man what he was doing. Two more young men came out of bushes they were hiding behind and pulled a gun. They took about $80 and the victim’s phone, and then fled to the nearby wooded area. The man’s supervisor had some doubts about the victim’s story, which led to a (later) altercation between the two.

6500

block of Roswell Road 30328— On Sept. 11, just before 5 p.m., two people entered a store and asked about getting a money order. The pair briefly left and then re-entered the store. A man jumped the counter and began beating the store owner, while a woman jumped

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block of Roswell Road—An employee at Roswell Package Store, located in the 6400 block of Roswell Road, called on Sept. 6 and reported that a man came into the store and placed a bottle under his shirt and pants. The employee saw him and told him he was calling the cops. The man placed the bottle on the counter and then ran out.

6000

block of Barfield Road—On Sept. 7, a woman reported a theft, saying that she thought she lost her iPad. She bought a new one and when she registered it, she found out that her old iPad was re-registered in the name of her former roommate.

woman reported that just before 7 p.m., a man came into the business and inquired about services. She gave him a card (she was with a client) and she assumed he left. He apparently went beSS

PUBLIC SAFETY hind the front desk looking into the drawers, went down the hallway looking in rooms, and then took $330 from an employee’s purse. He is about 6 feet tall feet and bald. He wore glasses. A

tool rental company reported on Sept. 3 that a man rented a saw blade on July 22 and had not returned it. He owed more than $1,000 on it, and they had made a number of unsuccessful calls to recover the item.

25-year-old woman reported the following: she and another woman, whom she did not know, got into an argument over a $300 tab. The other woman, whom she does not know, took her Sprint phone and Bluetooth headset. This happened around 2 a.m.

38-year-old man said he was evicted and his belongings were put on the street. He said a 50-inch and a 32-inch television were taken.

woman reported that a bottle of iodine was stolen from a package in her mailbox.

smoked it earlier in the day. The officer found a small amount on him and issued him a citation. An

occupant of a home on Lafayette Court said a man came to the house to solicit putting pine straw in the yard. He quoted $130. He was told to come back later and speak with the homeowner. He later came over and spread $1,357 worth of pine straw, claiming the resident gave him permission to put down “as much as necessary.” He was charging $4.50 a bale. Receipts later showed he paid $3.85 at a nursery in Chamblee. The husband was contacted and came home and said he did not hire anyone to do this work and would not have approved $1,357 of pine straw work. Police found that the same man soliciting without a permit earlier in the week, and he was told to leave. The man had 13 bales of pine straw in his truck that he had not put down, but that he had charged the homeowner for. The homeowner later agreed to pay for what was put on the ground and the pine straw guy was charged with soliciting without a permit.

Petition Number:

201402052

Petitioner:

JW Homes, LLC

Property Location:

120 & 130 West Wieuca Road

Present Zoning:

A-O (Apartment-Office District)

Request:

To rezone the subject property to A (Medium Density Apartment District), with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings:

Planning Commission September 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Mayor and City Council October 21, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Location:

Cops were called to the Wyndam Hotel

on Powers Ferry just after 2 a.m. on a domestic assault. A woman and a man were in a discussion on the topic of ménage a trios, and somehow it turned ugly and the man pushed his wife down, which injured her. He was later arrested. No third party was involved.

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Glen 30328—On Sept. 7, police were called to meet a woman regarding the theft of her TV. Several other people, including the suspect, were still on the scene. The suspect said he took the 32-inch TV to an area in Atlanta called the “Bluff” and sold it for $40 worth of heroin. He was arrested.

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on a traffic stop on I-285, an officer smelled marijuana from the car. The driver denied having marijuana, the officer found it, and the man was cited for it.

Sept. 10, an officer involved in a road safety check, stopped a car and smelled marijuana. The driver said he

block of Roberts Drive — Detectives, following up on some tips through the Sandy Springs Police Department, arrested a man at an apartment. The man had several pieces of different identification, and had in his possession a stolen car that he had rented, but never turned in. That led to a search warrant, and that led to numerous documents of driver’s licenses, Social Security numbers, email addresses, a machine to clone credit cards, various credit, debit, and gift cards in multiple names, several cellphones, and a couple of laptops. The man was charged with felony theft by deception and multiple counts of forgery in the second degree. Two outstanding Fulton County warrants were active on the man for cruelty to children and failure to register as a sex offender.

Petition Number:

201402380

Petitioner:

Jeff and Doris Muir

Location:

5125 Marbury Circle

Request:

Primary variance from section 6.2.3.D of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the required forty (40) foot rear yard setback to fifteen (15) feet to allow construction of a single family dwelling unit.

Public Hearings:

Board of Appeals October 9, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

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SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF REZONING Petition Number:

201402384

Petitioner:

Edge City Properties, Inc.

Property Location:

6860 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd and 1000 Peachtree Dunwoody Ct.

Present Zoning:

O-I (Office and Institutional District)

Request:

To rezone the subject property to A (Medium Density Apartment District), with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings:

Planning Commission September 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Mayor and City Council October 21, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Location:

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF REZONING Petition Number:

201402388

Petitioner:

Quik Trip

Property Location:

200 Hanover Park Drive

Present Zoning:

O-I (Office and Institutional District)

Request:

To rezone the subject property to C-1 (Community Business District), with concurrent variances.

Public Hearings:

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

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before midnight, a patrol officer spotted a Mercedes having problems staying in the lane so he stopped it. He noticed the driver and passenger switching seats. The man had a suspended license, and was arrested and taken to jail. The passenger was cited, but released to drive the car with permission of the owner.

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Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

SANDY SPRINGS NOTICE OF VARIANCE PETITION Petition Number:

201402496

Petitioner:

Theodore A. Speaker

Location:

355 Forest Valley Court

Request:

Planning Commission September 18, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Primary variance from Section 18.5.B of the Zoning Ordinance to allow parking/vehicle storage outside of the buildable area.

Public Hearings:

Mayor and City Council October 21, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

Board of Appeals October 9, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500 Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

Sandy Springs City Hall, Morgan Falls Office Park 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30350 770-730-5600

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nade launchers that launch tear gas.” Dunwoody’s BearCat has been used only a half-dozen or so times since the city bought it, Grogan said. It’s mostly deployed “to transport the [North Metro] SWAT Team in safety” during confrontations with hostage-takers or other dangerous situations, Grogan said. “We think it’s a good tool to keep officers and citizens safe,” he said. And Sandy Springs’ Hummer is used only for parades and community events, including the recent National Night Out, SSPD Sgt. Ronald Momon said. Still, many similarities exist between police and the military when it comes to training, preparedness and discipline, police say. DeSimone, who retired from the United States Marine Corps Reserve, said he believes a military background is good for local police officers because the training acts as an equalizing experience. “People from all races, all walks of life and all economic classes,” work together in the military, DeSimone said. “You have the rich people coming in and

the poor people coming in. It’s the great said. While he doesn’t have military exequalizer.” perience, he believes it’s good to hire ofMomon, who has 15 years’ military ficers who have been honorably disexperience, says law enforcement agencharged from the military. cies model themselves after the miliGrogan said a difference lies in tary in rank structure, grooming and whether a group is policing a group of uniform appearance, people or an individphysical fitness and ual. Grogan said podiscipline. lice have to make sure “The main aspect their response to any of the military traingiven situation is ap“We want people ing as it relates to law propriate. “Common to know we’re enforcement is mainsense is the numthere to help.” ly the discipline asber one trait of a pect,” Momon said. good police officer,” “In my opinion, this DeSimone said. – ROB STEVENS prepares you better Grogan says poSANDY SPRINGS to handle the dangers lice must stay enPOLICE CAPTAIN and stress of law engaged with commuforcement.” nities they serve. “In Grogan agrees. general, it’s impor“The military is a tant for the departstructured environment, and strucment to have a good relationship with ture transfers well into a police environthe community,” Grogan said, adding ment,” Grogan said. that when a relationship is developed But applying a military mindset to between police and the community as in policing local communities sometimes Dunwoody, then a crisis, if one were to can get police officers into trouble, he occur, would be better worked out.

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