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Alpharetta is beginning talks to find new funding sources to address problems with its traffic, its sidewalks and its stormwater runoff. Members of the City Council are considering a push to extend the current transportation sales tax to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety.

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Teens queried for selling expired discount cards ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Police were dispatched Feb. 4 to the Village Park retirement community on Morris Road to investigate reports of two teens soliciting door to door.

A resident told officers one of the teens was in a residential unit and pointed out a parked vehicle in which the other teen was waiting. The teen in the car told police the two were selling Milton football discount cards, which offered savings at local businesses.

Police spoke to one of the residents who purchased the cards.

According to police, the wallet-sized coupons were attached to L-shaped key ring cards. The teens tore off the wallet-sized portion of the discount cards, which showed that they expired in April 2019, and only gave customers the key rings. Officers seized the cards.

No arrests were made, an incident report indicated.

Resident reports burglary at Riverwood Apartments ROSWELL, Ga. — Police investigated a burglary at a Riverwood Lane apartment that was reported Feb. 2.

The victim told officers someone broke into her residence sometime Jan. 31. Among the stolen items she reported were an Apple TV, Amazon Kindle, two Apple MacBooks, an iPhone 6 cell phone, costume jewelry and $15,000 worth of designer jewelry.

The items had a combined estimated value of $25,000, according to police.

The victim told officers she waited two days to report the burglary because she didn’t think it was an emergency call.

PUBLIC SAFETY DUI & Drug arrests Devon Ramon Nuckles, 29, of Oxbo Road, Roswell, was arrested Feb. 1 on Bowen Road for DUI, possession of marijuana and impeding flow of traffic.

Ryan Fuller Smallwood, 36, of Lismore Drive, Columbus, was arrested Feb. 2 on Holcomb Bridge Road for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug-related objects.

Jason Wayne Ahumada, 44, of Ridgefair Drive, Cumming, was arrested Feb. 2 on King Road for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of schedule I controlled substance with intent to distribute and expired tag.

Toddler rushed to hospital after ingesting marijuana ROSWELL, Ga. — Police and paramedics were dispatched to a home on Lake Forest Pass on Feb. 6 after a 2-year-old ingested marijuana edibles.

Police said an out of town visitor, identified as Leah Hixson, brought the edibles into the home and the toddler found them in a bag. The child was rushed to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital to be treated.

Police cited Hixson, 35 of Denver, Colo., with disorderly conduct and forced her to flush the edibles down the toilet.

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Kemp’s ‘teacher pipeline’ looks to improve supply Governor urges flexibility in staffing state’s schools

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp’s continued support for K-12 public education is now focused on helping schools fill teaching positions in an increasingly dwindling field of candidates.

Last week the governor rolled out a package of “teacher pipeline” initiatives aimed at solutions to the persistent problem of recruiting and retaining qualified teachers.

“Since day one I’ve had a strong commitment to teachers,” Kemp said. “And now more than ever I know we have to build on that commitment.”

The Legislature is currently considering House Bill 385 which allows retired teachers in high-needs areas to return to teaching full time while drawing retirement benefits.

A companion bill is Senate Bill 88 which gives priority preference and a “non-traditional pathway” for military veterans to earn credentials needed to become teachers.

The proposed legislation has support of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators which has pushed for flexibility in staffing schools.

“Many districts struggle to recruit enough teachers for classroom vacancies, especially in hard-to-staff subjects,” said PAGE executive director Craig Harper. “The ability to hire experienced teachers is beneficial to students, schools and retired educators.”

Kemp acknowledged colleges are not graduating enough teachers to meet the

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Roswell lays plan for COVID relief distributions Recipients will include businesses, individuals

By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell City Council continued discussions Feb. 8 on how to distribute CARES Act funding to the community.

The city has $2.8 million remaining from the nearly $4 million it received through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Part of the money has been used to reimburse the city for its expenses during the pandemic.

Mayor Lori Henry proposed allocating $800,000 to create a COVID-19 relief fund for residents and local businesses. Her aim, she said, is to assist residents with rent, mortgage and utility relief. Money would be channeled for distribution through Roswellbased North Fulton Community Charities.

The nonprofit is also helping surrounding cities verify needs among their residents for CARES Act distributions.

“What these folks would need to do is demonstrate to [the nonprofit] that they’ve been adversely affected by COVID-19, and as I said before, [North Fulton Community Charities is] the experts at this,” Henry said. “They are in the business of doing this. They know exactly what they’re doing and how to go about doing it.”

The city will negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the charity identifying stipulations and expectations for the program.

Councilwoman Christine Hall suggested adding limits on the maximum amount a household could receive and potentially the number of times an individual applies for a grant. Henry agreed and said the provision can be added to the MOU. The city also wants to provide $400,000 worth of grants for local businesses. Council members agreed to focus on those businesses that may have fallen through the cracks and that recipients should meet quantitative criteria.

Councilman Mike Palermo said he

considers businesses that have not received federal funding, such as a Paycheck Protection Program loan through the SBA or an Economic Injury Disaster Loan, to have fallen through the cracks.

Part of the criteria, he said, should include determining whether a business’ revenue had decreased from 2019 to 2020. He also recommended setting a maximum revenue level, and consider the number of employees and profit margin.

Council members were in general agreement on the added stipulations, and they plan to iron out details for the next meeting.

In other business Feb. 8, the council approved the city’s support for a November 2021 referendum to extend the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Council members said they would like to include transit funding on the ballot as a separate item with separate funding.

Fulton County voters approved the first TSPLOST by referendum in 2016.

The tax, which has brought tens of mil-

lions in transportation dollars to Roswell, expires in March 2022.

To provide continuous collections and not overlap with a possible education SPLOST renewal next year, the county has suggested holding the referendum this November.

Fulton County currently is offering three options for extending the tax. They include continuing the .75-cent tax, with all funding going to the cities’ transportation projects, or offering either the same .75-cent tax or a full penny sales tax with a portion devoted to regional transit.

Director of Transportation Muhammad Rauf said the transportation committee supported separating the transit question on the ballot.

He said, based on sentiment expressed at an all-mayors meeting Feb. 5, a majority of the cities also support making transit a separate item on any referendum ballot. In general, he said, the cities do support transit but felt the timing wasn’t right, and some thought more planning was needed.

Local churches plan in-person services during Lent

By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmediagroup.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — As the coronavirus pandemic worsened throughout 2020, churches were left to figure out how to serve their congregations while staying safe. Many churches have cancelled in-person worship, moved online or are holding services outdoors.

As the Easter season approaches, local churches are making plans to accommodate their congregations.

A survey of area churches shows that all require masks and social distancing for in-person events, and most will offer online options for Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, and Easter, April 4. All but St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Alpharetta will require advance registration for in-person events.

St. Thomas Aquinas will offer inperson opportunities on Ash Wednesday and Easter.

The church will offer several liturgies throughout the day on Ash Wednesday, including small prayer services with the distribution of ashes, which will be sprinkled on top of heads this year instead of applied to the forehead, said Kathy Kuczka, director of liturgy.

They will also hold Stations of the Cross outdoors in English and Spanish, throughout Lent.

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St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Alpharetta will host in-person services for Ash Wednesday and on Easter. The Rev. Msgr. Daniel Stack has been preaching outside underneath a tent during the pandemic.

Gospel of Mark, whose gospel we’re hearing from in our liturgical year this year,” Kuczka said.

The Rev. Charley Reeb of Johns Creek United Methodist Church plans to offer multiple Easter services that will be held in the sanctuary and outdoors. He said the hope is to be back inside with safety protocols by or before Easter.

The church is not planning an inperson Ash Wednesday service, opting instead for a virtual service.

“Imposing ashes right now is not

something we want to risk. So we’ll have a devotional, some sort of Ash Wednesday experience that will be offered to the church that we’re planning,” Reeb said.

Birmingham United Methodist Church in Milton will offer three worship options on Ash Wednesday.

One will be a traditional Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary.

Distribution of ashes will be slightly different this year.

“We are pre-making ashes and putting them on burlap ribbon to pass

out to those attending in-person,” said Meghan Walter, director of church media and communication. “We won’t be doing it directly on anyone’s forehead.”

Other options include online worship and time to pray and receive ashes throughout the day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 17.

North Point Community Church, a nondenominational church in Alpharetta, is not planning an Ash Wednesday service but will offer outdoor in-person services on April 3 and 4.

The church will spray paint large circles on the lawn to ensure a 6-foot separation for worshippers. The Easter service will include music and a message from the Rev. Andy Stanely.

“Instead of having a separate service for students and a separate service for children, it’ll be something where the whole family can come together to attend,” said Amanda Roper, community relationship director.

Other Holy Week activities include: • An in-person, outdoor bilingual service on Holy Thursday, April 1; a Taize prayer service on Good Friday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church • Stations of the Cross on Good Friday in-person, indoors at Johns Creek UMC • Several outdoor, in-person Easter worship services at Birmingham UMC in Milton • Six Easter worship services, in-person and online, at First Baptist Church of Cumming.

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Roswell launches investigation into Oxbo realignment delays Failure to meet terms costs city $2.5 million

By ZOE SEILER newsroom@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Roswell City Council approved a $2.5 million settlement with property owners associated with the city’s Oxbo Road realignment project.

The payout is for damages the property owners sought when the city failed to meet construction deadlines on the project last fall.

With consent from the City Council Feb. 8, Mayor Lori Henry said she has launched an investigation into the matter.

In 2017, the city purchased 0.36 acres of land at 685 Atlanta Street for $3 million under an agreement with the property owners, Jason A. White, Alfred F. White and Benita R. White. As part of the transaction, the city agreed to provide a pad-ready site on or before Oct. 25, 2020.

City Attorney David Davidson said the city failed to meet that deadline and is in default under the terms of the agreement.

The pad-ready site was to include construction of an alleyway and relocation of an underground pipe.

The settlement, once paid to the property owners, frees the city from all damages and claims, and the city will own the property. The city would then not be required to make the site pad ready under terms of the first agreement.

The Oxbo realignment was a tier 1 project on the Transportation Special Purpose Local Optional Sale Tax project list approved by the voters of Roswell in 2016, Davidson said.

Director of Transportation Muhammad Rauf said various factors played into the delays. The contractor was hired in late 2019 and the city broke ground on the Oxbo project on Jan. 27, 2020. At the time, the contractor indicated the project would be finished on time.

The project will be finished in about 18 to 24 months, Rauf said, adding that the contractor’s schedule is dependent on the utility companies completing their work first. He said other issues must be resolved before continuing, although he did not elaborate.

Rauf noted that the contractor was originally on schedule to finish the pad ready site when work began, but Georgia Power did not complete some work and

We’ve been given a mess that were caused by previous mayor and council, and we’ve been given a mess to clean it up.”

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COVID-19 caused delays.

“Two years, three years ago, we did not know we were not going to be able to make the deadline,” Rauf said. “This all just evolved in the last 12 months.

Pandemic being one reason and Georgia Power had cited that reason as the cause of the delay in their work.”

City Councilman Marcelo Zapata called the situation inexcusable and poorly managed, and he advocated for holding Davidson, Rauf and City Administrator Gary Palmer accountable for mismanaging the project.

He also asked why the Transportation Department began construction knowing that it couldn’t be finished by October 2020.

Henry said she shared the council’s concerns, and she plans to get to the bottom of what happened.

“We’re going to go from day one to the end, or at least up through this point in time, because we have been dealt a bad hand,” Henry said. “We’ve been given a mess that were caused by previous mayor and council, and we’ve been given a mess to clean it up.”

She said she wants to understand exactly what happened so it never happens again, and she thinks the independent investigation will provide answers and show how the city can avoid similar situations in the future.

City Councilman Matt Judy supported the settlement, saying that no one was happy about the situation, but it could cost the city more money if it went through litigation. He added that the city will own the property and could eventually sell it to recoup some of the cost.

The measure passed 5-1, with Zapata casting the dissenting vote.

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Alpharetta considers projects atop waiting list for funding Parks, roads, stormwater draw council’s attention

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — City leaders are scheduled this week to lay plans for funding a host of pressing transportation needs in Alpharetta.

The City Council was scheduled to vote on whether to formally support extending the countywide transportation sales tax for another five-year term and hear updates on a list of projects for funding. Based on current trends, the .75-cent sales tax, approved by voters in 2016, will have brought in close to $50 million in transportation dollars to the city by the time it expires in March 2022.

If the council moves the issue forward, residents could vote on whether to extend the tax through referendum this November.

The transportation sales tax, or TSPLOST, has already contributed to a host of local and area projects, including capacity improvements along major thoroughfares like Old Milton Parkway and McGinnis Ferry Road.

But already, the city has scores of other transportation projects lined up for funding — a list totaling more than $90 million over the next five years.

Tops on the list are recurring expenses like road resurfacing and sidewalk repairs that could run as high as $15 million.

Other top priority projects include: • Improved crossing from the new parking deck to the north side of Milton Avenue, estimated at $250,000 •The extension of Marjean Way, estimated at $1.7 million • Mid-block crosswalks at Manning Oaks and Alpharetta elementary schools for around $175,000 • Four pedestrian bridges for $2.5 million The list of top-tier projects also includes more than $9 million for a portion of the Alpha Loop from Old Milton Parkway to Northwinds Parkway.

Parks bond proposed While transportation improvements remain on the front burner, they are among a host of big-ticket expenditures on Alpharetta’s radar.

Just last month, council members began consideration of a multi-milliondollar bond that would help pay for major park improvements.

So far, City Council members have reviewed a rough draft of a project list that includes $5 million to be set aside for park land acquisition. The draft also includes major upgrades to Wills Park,

including the Equestrian Park, and refurbished lighting at athletic fields.

The proposal was based on a bond of around $30 million.

It wouldn’t be the first bond Alpharetta voters have passed.

Local voters passed a $52 million bond referendum in 2016 with about half those funds devoted to capital improvements and land acquisition for Alpharetta parks and recreation. The rest of the money was applied to transportation projects.

Voters also approved a $29 million bond in 2011 to help fund development of the downtown City Center multi-use project, which also includes park areas.

They passed a $24.9 bond referendum in 1997, again with about half the money dedicated to parks.

Right now, Alpharetta property owners pay $5 million each year to retire debt from three earlier bonds. Final payoff for the first will not occur until 2026. The other two are scheduled to be retired in 2032 and 2041.

Stormwater issues surface While celebrating its newly revived downtown, Alpharetta is facing yet another problem — stormwater runoff in some of its highly developed residential areas west and north of downtown.

As downtown’s commercial portfolio has expanded, so too has its residential inventory — townhomes, apartments and larger homes replacing older, smaller dwellings.

At a City Council retreat last month, officials wrestled with the fallout. In some areas near downtown, select residential areas are reporting a rising tide of runoff that is filling backyards and overwhelming retention ponds.

Because Alpharetta has no stormwater utility, it’s a problem looking for money.

Speaking at the council retreat, Public Works Director Pete Sewczwicz said the city already has more than $10 million in work orders for stormwater, but officials have asked him to document that figure.

Whatever the number, the city has precious few options to tackle the issue.

Alpharetta does charge designer impact fees on construction, but those funds are committed to funding parks, roads and public safety. And, there’s not that much to spare.

During the residential and commercial boom in 2019, the city collected just shy of $1 million in impact fees assessed on development activities. In 2018, it collected $1.3 million, and it collected $1.4 million in each of the two years prior.

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Synovus names 3 executives to N. Georgia Advisory Board

Post-pandemic ‘normal’ may change landscape

ATLANTA, Ga. — Synovus announced the appointment of David Boehmig, Catherine Mitchell, and Lindsey Petrini to its North Georgia Advisory Board.

“David, Catherine and Lindsey are highly respected business and community leaders who share a deep commitment to the development of Metro Atlanta,” said Allen Barker, North Georgia Division CEO of Synovus Bank. “We are proud to welcome PETRINI them to our board, and we look forward to benefiting from their counsel as we continue to serve this community.”

Boehmig is founder, president and CEO of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. He was named Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Most Admired CEO in Residential Real Estate in 2019.

Mitchell is vice president of Cox Business Product Development and Management for Cox Communications, leading product innovation, development and management. From 2010 to 2019, she focused on residential products, spearheading the transformation of the Cox Video Product portfolio. She joined Cox in 2000 as vice president and general manager of the Roanoke, Va., market.

Petrini is vice president, chief operating officer of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital in Roswell. She joined North Fulton Hospital in 2006 and has held leadership positions, including marketing director and chief business development officer. Petrini is a longtime member of the Alpharetta Rotary Club and is chairman of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce.

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Southern Company Chief Economist Kenneth Shriver says Forsyth County’s business community is “living in a very different experience than other parts of the country.”

Speaking during a Feb. 9 online forum sponsored by the Forsyth County Chamber and the Lanier-Forsyth Rotary Club, Shriver said the current downturn has placed “extraordinary” and “unprecedented” strain on the economy. However, the local outlook for the next year is optimistic, he said.

Shriver outlined his views on the economic SHRIVER recovery ahead for the country, the state and the county as the pandemic continues to stifle growth.

“Basically, we expect economic recovery later this year,” Shriver said.

“We’ve got to get past the first quarter, and then we’ll start thinking about what we are watching and what might change next.”

Shriver said Forsyth County is an outlier in that it is likely to see employment grow from 2019 levels through 2021. And though the county’s unemployment rate shot up in the beginning stages of the pandemic, the county has recovered faster than other portions of the country.

Office space a consideration Nearly a year after state and local governments began responding to the virus, many people are still working remotely. Shriver said many businesses now see how working from home operates, and it will likely have an impact on office demand.

“I think office demand will be muted somewhat, but I still think there is going to be a demand for space,” he said.

While interest has dwindled for some traditional office types, class-A, or top-tier offices are still in high demand, Shriver said. That holds significant weight for Forsyth County, which is actively courting companies and the developers who construct top-grade office buildings.

Recently, Forsyth County Commissioner Todd Levent broached the topic of allowing taller buildings in the county, specifically to attract class-A office space as some companies move away from downtown areas.

With more jobs in the area, the county’s population will continue to increase, and Shriver said any worries about a housing crisis at the outset of the pandemic has not come to fruition. He said Forsyth County has managed home development well, and the market has been “fairly robust” with tight inventory.

What will ‘normal’ bring?

COVID-19 vaccines will be a major component to economic recovery, Shriver said, but when things return to “normal,” questions remain on what the job force will look like. Many jobs can be “turned back on” quickly, but some will need to be recreated.

Shriver said a quick-service restaurant that has shut down its dining room for months might question

whether it would be feasible to reopen for indoor dining. If they choose not to, he said, they likely will not need additional workers to man the counters.

Those low-skill workers have been hit hardest by the recession, Shriver said, and a major component to overall economic recovery comes from jobs in the leisure and hospitality industries.

Meanwhile, the debate over increasing the minimum wage for these jobs continues. Shriver said it is important to “look under the hood” in the $15/ hour minimum wage proposal. Right now, he said, the percentage of workers receiving minimum wage is near a historic low, and a jump to $12 or $13 an hour would be more in line with previous wage increases.

“The bottom line is, raising the minimum wage actually does lift a whole lot of people out of poverty,” he said. “The question mark is how quick, how fast, how big.”

Another round of stimulus dollars is also on the table. Shriver said additional relief will likely help boost economic recovery in the short term and would help many who are still vulnerable. For those concerned about borrowing from the future, he said stimulus initiatives like this will likely result in tax increases down the road. With that, businesses will be vital in growing the economy effectively to ensure larger amounts of debt can be managed.

Overall, there is optimism about economic recovery, especially at the local level, Shriver said.

“The optimistic thing we’re looking at is, we’ve got a vaccine,” he said. “And we really hope that reinvigorates us as we continue to climb out of this big hole we’re in. It will be a very slow climb out, but we feel good about the rest of the year.”

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Payroll Protection Loans take 2: When banks give money away Brought to you by — American Commerce Bank Round 2 of the Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Loan program (PPP) got underway last month, and once again it’s an all-hands-on-deck effort for community banks. As a redux of the program first rolled out in April 2020, the banking industry has once again transformed from a lending and payment business to the country’s foremost financial relief enterprise.

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Teachers: Continued from Page 2 demand, but military bases could play a key role. Georgia has 13.

“Military bases have no shortage of dedicated, hardworking veterans who are eager to continue serving their communities,” Kemp said. “The legislation will support and sustain a pathway for veterans [into classrooms].”

Harper said PAGE supports pathways for teachers into the classroom which do not always take the traditional route of first gaining a teaching certificate in college.

“Georgia’s students and schools benefit from these non-traditional entry points for people who realize they have a passion for teaching young people after they had experience in another career,” Harper said.

A data dashboard maintained by the Georgia Department of Education keeps track of the supply and demand of teachers across the state’s 180 school districts. The greatest needs for teachers is concentrated in larger districts, primarily in special education, career and technology, math and science.

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The greatest needs for teachers is concentrated in larger districts, primarily in special education, career and technology, math and science. ment System, there are over 120,000 retired teachers in Georgia with nearly 7,000 of those in Fulton County.

“These hardworking men and women bring a wealth of knowledge and decades spent raising the next generation of leaders,” Kemp said.

Kemp’s legislation also urges using the resources of the historically Black colleges and universities in Georgia to find more ways of bringing minority teachers into classrooms.

It also would put the state’s Teacher of the Year on the State Board of Education as an unofficial adviser. The teacher would serve as the “voice” of all teachers when decisions are made.

“The teacher would be providing valuable insight on how the decisions the state board makes will impact classrooms,” Kemp said.

Need for substitute teachers challenges schools FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Ron Wade said finding qualified teachers to fill classrooms is the daily struggle.

The director of talent management for Fulton County Schools welcomes Gov. Brian Kemp’s “teacher pipeline” legislation to recruit teachers. But Wade says that’s a long-term solution to issues currently facing school districts.

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high demands for substitute teachers to step into classrooms when fulltime teachers were sidelined.

“It’s a by-product of the pandemic,” Wade said. “If we have to put one teacher in quarantine, it could mean [several] others also have to be out for days.”

Fulton Schools has about 7,500 teachers among its 14,000 employees. Pre-COVID, Wade said about 25 percent of positions were filled by a substitute on a daily basis.

Today, under pandemic conditions, the number averages 40 percent.

Wade stresses the number of permanent teachers is solid. In fact, the district’s retention rate remains at 88

percent – meaning only 12 percent of teachers have retired or resigned in the last year.

“We’re not seeing a change in the overall human capital approach to getting teachers [during COVID],” Wade said. “Teachers are still employed.”

The struggle is keeping a full bench of substitutes to step in on a temporary basis, often because of quarantine issues.

“What’s compounding the issue is subs are often hesitant to come into classrooms because of COVID [fears],” Wade said.

This semester Fulton substantially increased the pay rate for subs. Wade said it is too early to determine the impact, but he is optimistic.

At the same time, he says retaining fulltime teachers must be the district’s focus.

Keeping 88 percent of full-time teachers on board is good, but there is room to improve, Wade said.

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Response to crisis requires continued vigilance in education

MIKE LOONEY

Paraphrasing legendary leaders Vince Lombardi and Winston Churchill, Fulton County students, teachers and staff are today becoming leaders like none before, made by hard effort and because greatness has been thrust

Fulton Co. Schools Superintendent upon them.

I am proud of our employees and truly feel they are heroes. Each day they go about their jobs with amazing enthusiasm, demonstrating both resilience and ingenuity — and that was before COVID-19. Since the pandemic forced our country and community to limit in-person activities, we have seen more broken “norms” than can be counted. For schools, that has gone beyond just the social interaction our students depend upon, it has impacted all three facets of school —

I am proud of our employees and truly feel they are heroes. academics, athletics and the arts. In particular, the switch to remote learning has impacted the core of instruction, and the effects for some will be felt for years.

Remote learning and modified inperson classrooms have provided for innovation in the midst of a global pandemic, but I have maintained that “crisis teaching” cannot not match face-to-face instruction from a caring and talented teacher. As valiant as efforts have been, some of our children are simply falling behind.

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Hall returns to lead Blessed Trinity football Former offensive coach tapped to lead program

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Just weeks after celebrating Blessed Trinity’s 2017 state championship, offensive coordinator Tom Hall made a tough decision to leave the school.

The move was spurred by Hall’s personal life. His wife’s demanding career had the couple living in different states — Hall in Metro Atlanta, his spouse in Nashville. Face-to-face time was limited to weekends.

That decision ended Hall’s decade of coaching and teaching at the school in an array of capacities, from weight training to driver’s education. He was also a community coach with the freshman baseball team, an assistant under then head football coach Ricky Turner, the boys head golf coach and served as offensive coordinator for the football program.

But his most prestigious, and pres-

sure-filled job starts now with his return to BT to take over as the program’s third head football coach.

“BT is home,” Hall said. “My three children attended the school, and I have a lot of longstanding relationships. It’s a huge vote of confidence from athletic director Ricky Turner and [principal Cathy Lancaster] to entrust me with guiding this program moving forward and competing at a high level.”

Athletic Director Ricky Turner said Hall was the “perfect fit” for the job.

“He is a talented, knowledgeable football coach who has the tools to continue our tradition of success in the program,” Turner said. “Tom is also an exceptional role model who will carry out the four pillars of our school mission statement to the fullest. I am excited for these young men who will get to compete under his leadership.”

Hall makes no illusions the bar has been set high for the program. Since his tenure, the Titans have captured two more state titles and continued as a formidable force in the state high school football landscape. He replaces Tim McFarlin, who compiled a 112-20-1 record

with three state titles and seven region crowns in 10 years.

But Hall welcomes the challenge.

“Tim McFarlin did an outstanding job at BT, and I am certainly honored and privileged in helping him build that,” Hall said. “He’s left some big shoes to fill, but I’m not going to shy away from it. I’m just very excited about it.”

Along with Hall’s pressure-is-privilege philosophy comes another strategy — if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

“We understand what has made BT successful, and we’re not going to stray from that, but with each year you do have to assess your players and cater to their strengths,” he said.

The offensive-minded coach says he wants to implement a better balance between the Titans’ run and pass game, with the emphasis still on running the ball first. Defensively, BT will focus on playing fast and physical while limiting big plays and be great tacklers, he said.

Overall, BT’s new head coach wants to continue the program’s prosperity, and he is “honored and privileged” for the opportunity.

“I am eager to rejoin the BT players,

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Tom Hall, a former offensive coordinator at Blessed Trinity, was recently named the program’s third head coach.

coaches and community very soon to continue to build strong relationships and a bright future,” Hall said. “I look forward to guiding the program and continuing to compete at the highest level in the years to come.”

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“It’s our responsibility to keep our children safe,” said Lt. Ed Botts of the Roswell Fire Department. “The Car Seat Mini-Grant is a great opportunity to help our community and help protect our children from serious injuries or death in motor vehicle crashes.”

In Fulton County, the Roswell Fire Department and Safe Kids North Fulton educate parents and caregivers on how to properly install and use car seats, offer car seat inspections and provide car seats and booster seats to needy families.

Through the car seat mini-grant, agencies supporting more than 120 counties are working to keep Georgia’s

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