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Army Specialist Shemeeka Calloway prepares to administer the test for COVID-19 April 25 at the Cumming Aquatic Center. Calloway, a nurse in the civilian world, was part of the Georgia National Guard response to COVID-19. Read more, Page 4

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ROSWELL, Ga. — With companies cutting staff and unemployment claims soaring, more than 100 volunteers are is providing hope for individuals looking to change their current employment status.

Jay Litton and Katherine Simons are co-leaders of the RUMC Job Networking, part of the Serve Ministry at Roswell United Methodist Church in Roswell.

“We are called to do this,” Simons said.

The ministry offers workshops to help with every aspect of a job search, including interview techniques, crafting resumes and LinkedIn profiles, professional photographs for LinkedIn and even a shop for professional clothing.

“Workshops consist of the nitty gritty, must-know subjects and are being taught be professionals who do that on an everyday basis,” Simon said.

“Losing a job unhinges the moorings of your self-image,” Litton said.

For over three decades, the ministry has offered support and encouragement at the church. With the stay-at-home order in place, Litton and Simons took the program online and now have workshops on Zoom, an online meeting platform.

“A job ministry is timely,” Simons said. “People have been furloughed or out of work.”

There is a three-point focus with RUMC Job Networking, Litton explained.

“First, stay positive,” he said. “A job search is not a positive situation, I don’t care how you dress it up. We encourage them to move forward. We give them [jobseekers], tangible resources

and strategies.”

Attendees feel better because they are moving forward in their job search, working on specific things they learned in workshops, Litton said referring to the second focus.

The third focus is God. Litton says the ministry offers a “God Talking.”

“These three things create an experience that they’re loved at a time when they’re not feeling it,” Litton said.

An 11-hour virtual marathon session was held April 27 that included 45-minute workshops, an inspirational moment a lunchtime, a keynote speaker and ended with a resume review. Over 400 people participated, more than any face-to-face gathering.

“The reach of the tentacles is hard to comprehend,” Simons said.

Another marathon session is set for May 11. There will be two 90-minute workshops May 26. Both will be virtual. Details are on the group’s website www.rumc.com/jobnetworking.

“We have become a helping hand to thousands of job seekers, setting them on a path,” Simons said.

Tentative plans for June include reverting to the face-to-face version where dinner is provided for $3 on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month.

Publix, the Rotary Club of Roswell and Hal Coleman are sponsors.

Simons and Litton offer some advice for those who find themselves looking for a new or better opportunity.

“Stay positive, stay healthy,” she said. “Trust God, listen to what God’s trying to tell you about where to go next.”

Litton suggests servitude as a way to stay optimistic.

“Help someone else,” he said. “It’s rewarding to take a little bit of time and help somebody else.”

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp has given businesses the greenlight to re-open, but many are beginning with baby steps.

The state allowed salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors, gyms, bowling alleys and massage parlors to open April 24. Three days later, restaurants, movie theaters and private social clubs were permitted to reopen.

Businesses have been given specific safety measures to enforce.

LA Fitness, which operates more than three dozen facilities in Metro Atlanta, including Cumming, Alpharetta, Roswell and Dunwoody, announced that it had originally planned to reopen May 1 with heightened safety protocols in place. But the company announced in late April it has put that plan on hold for now.

Other health clubs are remaining cautious about plans to reopen, and most are offering online nutrition and workout classes.

Stars and Strikes, the lone bowling alley in Forsyth County, remains closed.

In a message to guests on its website, the business wrote: “Our team has been diligently preparing for the eventual re-opening of our facilities. As guidelines to open have been provided by both federal and state officials it has become necessary to modify our facilities to meet the standards of social distancing, sanitation and sterilization.”

Area restaurants are slowly increasing their offerings while observing the governor’s 39 provisions for safety protocols.

Dining establishments must exercise a limit of 10 customers per 500 square feet and ensure face coverings for all employees.

Outback dining rooms are opening at limited capacity to comply with state and local regulations. The Australian eatery offers call ahead seating via telephone.

Some restaurants at Halcyon are offering a creative alternative to simple curbside pickup.

People are welcome to order curbside and then dine in on the green or outdoor tables with socially distancing in place at Halcyon, director of Marketing Susan Grunwald said.

“CT Cantina and Taqueria and Cherry Street Brew Pub are offering patio dining,” she said. “Ocean and Acre just re-opened for curbside, so all of our fullservice restaurants are open for curbside right now,” Grunwald said.

Market Hall restaurants started re-opening after April 27. Atlanta-based Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer announced April 27 that the eatery planned to resume dine-in operations.

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Georgia National Guard administers free COVID-19 tests

By DENISE RAY denise@appenmediagroup.com CUMMING, Ga. — Members of the Georgia National Guard 48th Brigade administered 100 free tests for COVID-19 April 25 at the Cumming Aquatic Center.

As individuals drove up to the testing sight, they were asked preliminary questions regarding name, date of birth and telephone number by guardsmen from the 3-121 Infantry Battalion, based in Cumming.

The second station, the actual test, included a 15-20 second nasal swab.

“We encourage everybody to come out and get tested,” Lt. Col. Jim McKnight, battalion commander, said. “It kind of feels like getting water up your nose. It stings a little bit and then it’s over.”

Sean Ragland, who passed through the testing station, said he was symptomatic early on but never got to the point where he felt poorly.

“The experience was great,” Ragland said. “It was easy, quick and fast.”

The testing will continue, McKnight said, as quickly as the test kits become available. The test results bring a better understanding of actual cases and whether that number is increasing or decreasing. Results will be sent via text message to the individual within 24-48 hours.

People were in line an hour ahead of the opening, and within roughly an hour, a third of the tests were administered. By noon all 100 tests were dispensed.

Previous test sites included nursing homes in Braselton and Cumming, Cpt. Ben Thomas said.

“We’re here to serve the public,” McKnight said. “These are civilian soldiers.

They all have other jobs, but they’re coming here on orders to support the COVID pandemic.”

Staff Sgt. Jason Rustin and Specialist Shemeeka Calloway administered the tests at the Aquatic Center.

Rustin, a combat medic, has been in the Army since 2001 and the Guard since 2009. Calloway is a nurse in civilian life and in the Army, a logistics specialist. The Mississippi native currently lives in McDonough and has been in the Guard 11 years.

“Less than a year ago, these guys were in Afghanistan looking for terrorists on the sides of mountains. This shows our versatility,” McKnight said.

“We come back and do testing. Whatever we need to do to serve, whether that’s being deployed to Afghanistan, disinfecting nursing homies or testing people for Coronavirus, we’re here to do it. We’re proud to do it and happy do to it.”

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Lt. Col. Jim McKnight came to see how the operation was running. “To see how they’re doing is to put myself through it,” McKnight said. “They’re doing a great job.” McKnight is the commander of the 3-121 Infantry battalion of the 48th Brigade, based in Cumming, Ga.

Absence of door-to-door surveys acting as speedbump for census

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA — There is around $675 billion in federal funds that will be doled out based on the 2020 census, and every region wants its fair share of the pie. But getting an accurate portion of the funds depends on census figures, which is contingent on every member of a city or county participating.

For the first time, residents can now submit the census online, but the traditional fieldwork and door-to-door surveying has been on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Normally, this is the point where census workers would begin going doorto-door for the households who haven’t responded,” City of Milton spokeswoman Jennifer Hartwig said. “We are now, more than ever, relying on the citizens to respond themselves.”

Hartwig said those who have already responded have done it online, but now is the time to reach the “second layer” of respondents.

“We are trying to reach people who either aren’t comfortable online, they may be older, or maybe English isn’t their first language,” she said.

Milton Principal Planner Michele McIntosh-Ross said the city had planned to hold a “Census Day” event on April 1 to serve as another push for residents to complete the survey, but it was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Cities are turning to social media to spur more responses, but that will still not reach everyone.

“Not everyone is active on social media or pays attention to the city messages on our website,” McIntosh-Ross said.

She said residents can play an active role in ensuring their neighbors complete the survey since census figures impact both parties.

“You can go into your phone, find five or 10 neighbors and call them up,” McIntosh Ross said. “Ask how are they doing, and did you fill out the census.

We are also asking our [City Council] members and staff to check on neighbors and friends and have them go ahead and complete it.”

The deadline to respond has been extended to Oct. 31, but McIntosh-Ross said people should complete the census as soon as possible.

“All the efforts to try and get people to respond is timely and costly, so whatever we can do to get people to respond

Ways to respond The U.S. Census Bureau provides three options for residents to participate in the 2020 Census.

Residents can: • Respond by mail • Respond by phone • Respond online Forms and information about how to participate are available at 2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond sooner, the better,” she said.

Residents can respond online, over the phone or by mail.

The strong push by cities to have a robust response rate is not just for an accurate count of residents. It also determines where billions of federal dollars land.

Cities lose out on about $1,600 a year per person who does not participate in the census.

“Those funds go to trails, roadways, things people are using on an everyday basis,” Hartwig said. “We estimate Milton has a population of about 38,000 to 40,000 people, so if you are talking

about 10 years at $1,600 per person, that’s a lot of funds.”

In 2010, Johns Creek led all North Fulton cities with an 80 percent response rate ahead of Milton (77 percent), Alpharetta (76 percent) and Roswell (70 percent). Forsyth County had a 77 percent response rate.

McIntosh-Ross said census figures directly impact local option sales tax dollars and other county or state funding sources.

“That amount of money is divided up among Fulton cities bases on population,” she said. “GDOT funding, Atlanta Regional Commission funds, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, all these agencies use that census number. There is a whole economy worth of things it affects.”

The importance is not just monetary, though.

“It also decides how many representatives each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Hartwig said. “It also tells us where to open schools, how many schools we need and where we need hospitals.” Hartwig said. “It is not just about how many people live here, there are real, tangible reason every city or community needs participation.”

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Silver linings On March 15, the call to quarantine came for my wife and I. Beginning the next day, we would both be working from home, and preparations began.

The desktop JOE PARKER computer was Editor moved from a desk joe@appenmediagroup.com in the basement to a prominent position on the dining room table so my wife could work while keeping an eye on the baby. My laptop, which I had just received from Appen Media Group in a case of fantastic timing, was hooked up to a living room outlet so I could work while also keeping an eye on the baby.

And as we have worked away over the last six weeks, we have certainly kept our eyes affixed to baby, and that has been my greatest silver lining among this worldwide crisis.

Since the first day of working from home, my daughter has learned to crawl. She can now confidently cruise along couches, tables and the rails of her crib. She has since developed her unique laugh. Her spirited personality has made itself more prominent.

She has become far more expressive, through both expressions and noises.

We have realized she is a complete and absolute busybody, never staying in one place for more than a minute or two. We’ve even had our first fits of frustration.

Before the pandemic, I would have missed many of these firsts, and I certainly would have missed the added bonding time we’ve had in recent weeks. Prior to our home becoming

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our office, my wife would take baby to daycare before I had woken. Most days I would pick her up around 6 p.m., and she would be asleep for the night around 4 hours later.

That schedule doesn’t leave a lot of time together in the grand scheme of things, but we have certainly made up for that lost time since March.

Our home has become our workplace, daycare facility, play place and hangout spot, and as I write this, it comes with the soundtrack of a 10-month old babbling away.

As terrible as the coronavirus has been, is, and will be, we all have to find our silver linings somewhere. Mine is apparent by the absolute wreck that is my living room. It is strewn with toys, books, balls, jumpers, walkers and play tables, and the hearth is covered and blocked off with blankets, pillows and anything else soft to keep an unsteady baby from smashing her head on stone.

It is certainly an unconventional office, but I’m glad to have it that way. I have gotten to spend so much time with my little one and see her growth and progression minute by minute. And, my wife and I have grown even closer and matured as parents.

When I look back on this time years down the road, of course I will recall all the negatives — and there are certainly plenty — of this pandemic. But I hope that I will also remember finding the blue skies beyond the storm clouds, and the added time I received with my daughter.

All that said, the minute we feel safe enough, she is going to stay with her grandparents for at least an entire weekend.

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Reality humbles us all I think the most difficult aspect of the pandemic is the uncertainty. We humans do not make decisions well, nor do we live comfortably, under conditions of uncertainty.

“Better a thousand RAY APPEN years of tyranny than Publisher Emeritus ray@appenmediagroup.com one day of anarchy,” is an ancient saying that comes to mind. Right now, we are living under extreme chaos — the anarchy — of this virus that is disrupting our “order,” everything we know. It is not something we appreciate. We have a genetic need for order which is closely linked to our need for security and our drive to survive. We are hard-wired to be uncomfortable in this situation right now, so if you are stressed out or bothered or feel depressed by this pandemic, you are not alone. We all feel it to one degree or another.

At the same time, while most of us find degrees of comfort on the flip side of this pandemic — cases of humanity helping humanity — for some reason, it seems to fall short of adequately counterbalancing the weight of this chaos. Again, this is “normal.” Going back to behavior theory, risk aversion is a far stronger drive than the drive for rewards, which is why life insurance is sold not as a reward but as a comfort against loss.

I think this pandemic is more of a “process” than a tangible, knowable “thing.” It is not static. It evolves, and what we see and understand today often has little to do with what is happening or the impact that will become visible and knowable tomorrow. It is maddening. It is “conditions of uncertainty” on steroids. I am sitting in the bleachers watching “evolution live” played out right in front of me on the 50-yard line.

I believe that what is occurring to us — the emergence of this virus — is naturally occurring within our “closed system” and not some nut-case conspiracy being propagated and promoted on the Internet.

At some point we, collectively, must stop assuming that just because we watched a video or read about something “on the Internet,” it must be true. No, it must not, necessarily be even a little bit true.

We can’t allow ourselves to fall into that crevasse. We must get back to thinking, reading, researching and investing in the hard work necessary to know what is true and what is not. It takes work.

This pandemic humbles me like I never imagined I could be humbled. It forcefully picks me up daily — hourly. It informs me that I am not in control and that, for all our intelligence, science, resources, and knowledge, we really don’t

know or control squat. The mountain I thought we perched upon looking down at all the flora and fauna in the world below us, now feels more like a plateau upon which all living things exist on an equal footing, together.

This pandemic impacts us all the same, yet each of us will deal with it in our individual way.

I found myself searching for answers yesterday, reaching out to a few people I admire and respect who happen to be either physicians or simply very smart people. I need someone to give me a small dose of comfort and confidence.

Yes, that’s it, just a shot of “we’ll get through this thing.” I know we will, but I want to hear it from another.

“What’s your opinion? What is your guess? What do you think” That was last night, and so far, this mid-morning I have no replies. They’re probably just ignoring me. Don’t blame them. Of course, they don’t “know,” but I wasn’t looking for a pronouncement of fact, just one of comfort. So, I comfort myself and review what I know.

My 65 years on this earth confirms to me that everything is cyclical — from the environment, the economy, politics and war to medical breakthroughs and changes in art, music, sports — everything. And that includes pandemics.

We’ve been through other pandemics or semi-pandemics before. We survived.

History is the best predictor of the future.

Even back when we didn’t have the benefit of the science or the technology that we have today, mankind made it through.

We have super-computers that now process over a quintillion instructions per second (ips) and are getting faster.

We have A1 which is I am sure evolving on a parallel path with processor speed.

And, and here is where I feel somewhat like a fool and a disappointment to myself, I seem to find perhaps the most comfort in my belief that the financial incentive to find a vaccine or a cure surely will yield the answer within a relatively short time — I mean months and not a lot of them. Of course, if that was a fact, then cancer and Alzheimer’s would be fixed now, but I will choose to not let that rain on my belief parade today — “belief bias” in action!

An hour at a time is my mandate.

That is how I need to process today and tomorrow. I am sure your approach is similar — whatever works for you. We need positive attitudes, compassion, awareness, trust, faith and empathy.

Those are some of the tools God gave us to get through things like this. As Jackie Littlefield, who was a principal at Alpharetta Elementary when my kids went there, and one of my heroes, used to say, “we can.”

Therefore, we will. Chin up!

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Absentee Ballot Fraud Task Force to guard accuracy of voting process

By DENISE RAY denise@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced on April 27 that he has created an Absentee Ballot Fraud Task Force to ensure no one undermines the integrity of the vote in Georgia during the coronavirus pandemic.

Raffensperger has selected experts in election administration, investigation, and prosecution from around the state as part of the task force.

“The people of Georgia have the right to a secure, safe, and reliable vote,” Raffensperger said. “In times of crisis and change, scams and deceit multiply.

The Absentee Ballot Fraud Task Force features some of the state’s premier law enforcement experts, who will assist our office as we investigate any allegations or instances of potential voter fraud.”

Due to the high volume of absentee ballot requests submitted by voters across the state, the Secretary of State’s Office has hired a vendor to assemble ballot packets and mail them to voters, said Mandy Smith, director Forsyth County Voter Registrations and Elec-

tions. The same packets are being sent to all voters in Georgia.

An increase in voting by mail brings with it the potential for increased voter fraud and ballot harvesting, both of which are against the law in Georgia, Raffensberger said in his statement.

Absentee Ballot Fraud Task Force will assist the Secretary of State’s office in investigating allegations of and potential instances of absentee ballot fraud in the state.

The task force will be led by Frances Watson, Chief Investigator in the Secretary of State’s office and assisted by Chris Harvey, Elections Director in the Secretary of State’s office.

Already, issues with absentee ballots have popped up.

Applications for Dawson County were mailed to Decatur County. In some cases, ballot packets did not include small, white envelopes for returning voted ballots.

Absentee ballot packets are being sent with a security sleeve instead of an inner envelope. The sleeve is a piece of paper with the words “Official Absentee Ballot: Ballot Must Be Enclosed” printed on it. The voter must fold the inner

Forsyth signs contract for portion of McGinnis Ferry Road widening

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Forsyth County officials approved one of its first contracts for the widely anticipated McGinnis Ferry Road widening project.

The contract, for appraisal and cost estimates, covers a portion of the project lying along the stretch that borders the City of Alpharetta. The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved the document at its April 28 work session.

Under terms of an agreement struck earlier this year, Alpharetta will reimburse Forsyth County the $209,000 cost of the contract with Greg Malcolm & Associates.

McGinnis Ferry Road runs along the southern border of Forsyth County, with Alpharetta and Johns Creek hugging half the highway to the south. It serves as a major east-west commuter route from Gwinnett County west through North Fulton and is expected to draw more traffic with the state’s plan to add an interchange at Ga. 400.

The road widening project calls for adding a lane in each direction along a 4.7-mile stretch from Sargent Road in Johns Creek west to Union Hill Road in Alpharetta. Each city shares about 2.3 miles of the roadway with Forsyth County.

In a negotiated agreement finalized in February, Johns Creek and Alpharetta agreed to pay $5.9 million each, primarily from transportation sales tax dollars.

Forsyth County will contribute $18 million to the total cost.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is committing $10 million to the project.

Estimates for the cost of the overall project have ballooned since it was first proposed more than five years ago.

Original estimates set the price tag at about $35 million, and Johns Creek and Alpharetta committed $5.5 million of their transportation sales tax dollars for their share.

Since that time, however, estimates on the cost have risen to as much as $60 million for the project.

sleeve around their ballot and then place it in the Oath envelope. Voters should remember to sign the Oath of Elector on the back of the envelope before mailing or dropping off at the Elections Office,

Smith said.

“The SOS informed us [on April 28] that the instructions are going to be edited to reflect the use of the ‘sleeve’ versus the use of an envelope,” Smith said.

Certainly, every step we make back toward a successful economy is important, and we all want to do that in light of people being safe and healthy ...

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Survey reveals extent of COVID damage to local business climate

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Empty parking lots and signs emblazoned with “closed” on storefronts provide easy visual cues of COVID-19’s impact to the North Fulton business community, but a recent survey provides hard data.

Economic development heads from four cities teamed with the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and Select Fulton to track sentiment among more than 500 local business owners. The group asked about the strain these businesses are under and how government and business groups can help.

The survey, conducted in mid-April, garnered 745 responses to questions pertaining to operations, workforce, finance and each company’s outlook for the future.

GNFCC President Kali Boatright said the Economic Development Department of Sandy Springs spearheaded the idea for a survey, which was expanded to show a more collective impact to North Fulton businesses. The cities of Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell Inc also participated in the effort.

“We asked businesses what they were going through so we can analyze the data, act on the data and support those businesses as they come back online and support the community,” Boatright said.

The survey results include responses from a wide variety of companies, including construction, automotive, healthcare, technical services and real estate, providing a broad picture of the pandemic’s impact to the area.

“One piece of good news is that 60 percent have remained open,” Boatright

said.

Most were not operating pre-pandemic levels, however. Only 19 percent of respondents said operations had not dropped off. Over half of the businesses were running at lower than 60 percent of pre-COVID levels.

Nearly 75 percent of respondents said the pandemic had impacted the number of hours their employees worked, and 35 percent said their number of employees had been cut. Most had either furloughed or temporarily laid off staff, while 18 percent of those facing changes to employee figures had permanently laid off workers.

Two-thirds of those who did lock their doors were forced to do so, and 69 percent of those companies said the state’s shelter-in-place order was a factor. Those who chose to shut down

voluntarily cited the shelter-in-place order and their business not being able to adhere to social distancing guidelines as the top reasons for their decision.

While the hard numbers are telling, they are also useful for cities and business organizations, like the Greater North Fulton Chamber, to assess what steps may be needed to revive the local business community.

“We can use this information to inform our local, state and regional leaders and advocate for local businesses,” Boatright said. “Some businesses have immediate needs that need to be responded to, and each city can respond to individual requests and those immediate needs. We can also use the data to track changes or trends.”

Boatright said there are plans for another survey this month and poten-

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tially more down the road to better track COVID-19’s impact.

Looking ahead, the survey queried business owners on their outlook for the future and what help they may need moving forward.

More than 60 percent said decreased consumer confidence and spending, the financial impact to operations and a global or U.S. recession were their greatest concerns. Marketing assistance was the top response for what kind of support is needed.

“The largest trend among the businesses, they are really concerned about how they are going to market and operate in this changing environment, an environment that is changing every day,” Boatright said.

Though certain restrictions have been lifted and the state’s shelter-inplace order has expired, the weeks and months ahead are filled with unknowns for North Fulton companies.

“Certainly, every step we make back toward a successful economy is important, and we all want to do that in light of people being safe and healthy, and that includes our family, our businesses and employees,” Boatright said. “It is an interesting time, and we are all looking through the same lens of keeping people safe and healthy and making sure businesses can be successful in whatever way we come out of this.”

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New regions arrive sooner than expected for local athletic programs

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA — The cancellation of the 2020 spring high school sports season has ushered in updated regions sooner than anticipated. Now, local athletic programs are gearing up for their new-look alignments.

There are updates across the board with each local school either in a new region or slated to play against new region opponents.

The program looking at perhaps the most significant jump is Denmark which jumped from Class 4A to the state’s highest classification — 7A. The move puts Denmark in the same region as its neighboring Forsyth County public schools, but that was not originally the case. The school was slated to compete in Class 6A in a region comprised of mostly Gwinnett County schools, but Denmark won its appeal to move to Region 6-7A to join its Forsyth County neighbors.

“It has two big advantages,” Denmark athletic director Jamie Corr said.

“Of course, No. 1 is that students will be able to get home a lot earlier after games, and it is better academically for them because we don’t have to get them out of classes early. Secondly, there is the financial benefit of spending a lot less on our travel budget.”

Having the added thrill of facing your intra-county rivals in region play is a nice perk, too.

“Our kids are very excited because they are going to be playing in the most meaningful games against kids they’ve played with or close to their whole lives,” Corr said. “Looking at all the Forsyth County programs, it really is second to none, and we’re really excited to put ourselves up against such great competition.”

The remaining Forsyth County schools will still compete together in the same region. For the last three academic

years, Lambert, Forsyth Central, North Forsyth, West Forsyth and South Forsyth fought one another in Region 5-7A competition along with Milton.

The Forsyth schools will still have another out-of-county opponent, Gainesville, for 2020-21.

Joining Denmark as another newcomer to Class 7A is Alpharetta, up from 6A. The Raiders competed in the state’s highest classification from 2006 to 2015 but were not placed in Class 7A when it was established in 2016-17.

With the move, Alpharetta will join rivals Milton and Roswell in Region 5-7A. The three North Fulton schools have not competed in the same region since 201112.

Roswell is familiar with the other schools in the region — Etowah, Cherokee and Woodstock. The Hornets faced the three Cherokee County teams in region play the past four seasons.

Dunwoody is also moving to Class 7A, up from 6A. The Wildcats are the only school outside of Gwinnett County in the newly formed Region 7-7A. Blessed Trinity is another team moving up in classification after losing its appeal to remain in Class 4A. The Georgia High School Association implemented a double-multiplier rule for 2020-21, which means any student who attends a school outside his or her home district is counted as two students.

With artificially inflated enrollment numbers, BT was essentially forced to move up two classifications.

Athletic director Ricky Turner said Blessed Trinity is a Class 3A-sized school competing in the Roswell High School-based district, so the Titans were already playing up a class in 4A. With the new multiplier rule, enrollment figures placed BT in Class 5A. Turner said there was frustration with the multiplier rule because only his school and Woodward Academy were forced to jump two classifica-

tions. However, he is looking forward to competition with BT’s new Region 5-5A rivals.

“It’s not that we didn’t want to be in the region, we just wanted to be treated the same as all other schools in the state,” Turner said. “But we are excited about getting in there with the schools from the Cartersville area and above, like Calhoun and Hiram. It’s a bunch of great schools and great teams.”

While several local schools are now in higher classes, only one school, Northview, will move down in classification.

The Titans have been reassigned to Class 5A, dropping from Region 7-6A which included many of their fellow North Fulton schools. Northview will now compete in a 10-school region comprised of mostly DeKalb County schools.

For other local programs, the 202021 season won’t involve a shift in region, but it will usher in new region opponents.

Cambridge, Centennial, Chattahoochee and Johns Creek remain in 7-6A and will now compete with River Ridge, Creekview and Sequoyah from Cherokee County and Riverwood from Atlanta.

North Fulton and Forsyth County Class-A Private schools will continue as region foes.

Fellowship Christian, King’s Ridge, Mount Pisgah, Pinecrest Academy and St. Francis will remain in Region 6-A, which has been updated. Only one other school, Mount Bethel, remained in the region, while several others — Brandon Hall School, Lakeview Academy and Weber School — were added.

Brandon Hall, Mount Bethel and Weber School do not field football teams.

The updated region also nixes subregions “A” and “B” to create one, cohesive grouping of schools.

Mount Pisgah had originally been placed into another region but won its appeal to stay in 6-A.

2020-21 regions Region 5-7A Alpharetta Cherokee Etowah Milton Roswell Woodstock Region 6-7A Denmark Forsyth Central Gainesville Lambert North Forsyth South Forsyth West Forsyth Region 7-7A Archer Berkmar Discovery Duluth Dunwoody Meadowcreek Norcross Region 7-6A Cambridge Centennial Chattahoochee Creekview Johns Creek River Ridge Riverwood Sequoyah * Does not compete in football

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Athletic organization cancels Director’s Cup

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com NORTH METRO ATLANTA — The Georgia Athletic Directors Association has opted to forego awarding Director’s Cups this season due the cancellation of all spring sports.

Each year the organization doles out its highly regarded Director’s Cups to honor the best overall, girls and boys athletic programs through a points system based on results from each school’s performance in all sports.

But with no spring sports to add to the total, Director’s Cups will not be awarded for the first time in 20 years.

“Our decision was based on the fact that a majority of our sports take place in the spring, and we felt that it would not be fair to declare winners before we had a chance to complete spring sports,” GADA Executive Director Joe Sanfilippo wrote in an email. “This was not an easy decision.”

North Fulton and Forsyth County schools have historically done well in the Director’s Cup standings. Three schools — Lambert, Alpharetta and Cambridge — won overall Cups for their classification the last three years.

Local programs’ success in spring sports has shown in the standings for 2019-20, which are now inconsequen-

tial. North Fulton and Forsyth County schools are dominant in several spring sports, including lacrosse, golf, gymnastics and tennis, and many of the schools rack up significant points in track and field, soccer and baseball.

Lambert has either finished as the overall Director’s Cup champions or runner-up the last three seasons, but the Longhorns were 8th overall this year without any points earned for spring sports.

South Forsyth, West Forsyth and Milton have been staples in the top-10 in overall scores the last three years along with Lambert. That trend continued for the most part this season, but only South Forsyth was in the top-5 following the completion of winter sports.

West Forsyth was in seventh, and Milton, which has placed in the top-10 the last three years in overall scores, including as runner-up in the 17-18 season, was 11th overall.

North Fulton’s streak of winning the overall Class 6A Cup ends with the decision to nix the awards this year.

Alpharetta captured the title in 2018 and Cambridge secured its first Cup last year.

At least three North Fulton schools placed in the top-10 of the overall Class 6A standings from 2017 to 2019, but only Cambridge was in the top-10 when

spring sports were suspended this year.

While the shortened run for the Director’s Cup shook things up for higher classifications, it was business as usual for Blessed Trinity. Since moving up to Class 4A in 2016-17, the Titans have placed second overall each year in the Director’s Cup standings. The Titans were in second overall when the season was cancelled.

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