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City Council mixes in up with public Johns Creek officials host meet and greet

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com

Declining enrollment trend presents future challenges

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek residents made their way to the third floor of City Hall Thursday evening for the city’s first-ever City Council meet and greet March 31.

Dozens of visitors had a chance to chat with all seven of their representatives, most of them first elected in November.

Residents also got a glimpse of the recently commissioned conceptual master plan for Creekside Park — the first stage of the city’s proposed town center.

The park will be directly behind City Hall.

Creekside Park is undergoing permitting before construction can begin. City staff estimates the process will take roughly two years to complete.

After looking at the park plans, many visitors ventured onto the third-floor terrace which overlooks the park’s site.

The City Council’s next scheduled public meeting is a work session and subsequent council meeting April 11 at City Hall.

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — Fulton County Schools will begin the fall semester in August with more than 14,000 empty desks.

That’s enough seating for the entire enrollment at well over half the 181 school districts in Georgia.

Empty space in Fulton County schools is expected to grow in the coming years, with 17,000 open seats projected by the 2026-27 school year.

During a presentation to the Fulton School Board in March, planning officials pointed to a mix of issues contributing to the enrollment decline. These include lack of affordable housing, an aging population, low birth rates, and the impact

Resident Arthur Holst, left, speaks with Council members Dilip Tunki and Stacy Skinner at a City Council meet and greet March 31.

Rogers Bridge steel bound for public art

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Falling enrollment presents challenge for district schools

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Greenway trailhead opens near Halcyon

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BBQ boss Bob White retires, sells Slope’s

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Police investigate report of counterfeit $100 bill JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –– Police said an unidentified male attempted to purchase items with a fraudulent $100 bill March 14 at Publix on State Bridge Road.

PUBLIC SAFETY The store manager said the suspect approached the cash registers and when he paid, the cashier checked the bill, which turned out to be counterfeit. came out to be fraudulent. The employee told the man he couldn’t accept the bill, and he then used another method to pay for his items.

Apartment resident Reports theft of items JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –– A Johns Creek woman reported a burglary at her apartment on Addison Lane March 9. The

victim said she had left a key to her apartment inside a small package box outside of her apartment door for her friend to use. When her friend arrived, the package was missing, but she was still able to get in using another key.

The victim stated her two Indian passports, a brown leather wallet and $50 had been taken from a desk drawer near the front door. An HP laptop was missing from the closet in the bedroom.

No security cameras were outside of her apartment and there are currently no suspects.

Police fire officer linked to news leak

By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com

DUNWOODY, Ga. — A Dunwoody Police Department officer was fired March 23 after leaking news of a former sergeant’s January arrest for DUI to the media.

Ofc. Brian Bolden was placed on administrative leave for “public criticism” of the department Feb. 2 after he told media reporters that former Dunwoody Sgt. Robert Parsons was arrested for DUI Jan. 26. Parsons resigned the day after the arrest.

Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan asked the Sandy Springs Police Department to handle the investigation into Bolden’s conduct.

The process culminated in a formal hearing between Bolden and Grogan on March 22. Bolden said during the hearing that he had not done anything wrong. He was fired the next day.

Bolden’s termination letter alleges that he misused his position to obtain Parsons’ booking photo from the DeKalb County Jail without going through proper channels.

But Bolden disputed that claim when questioned by the Sandy Springs Police Department. The Dunwoody Police administration used that denial to

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The termination letter states Bolden did not violate the department’s policies on public criticism or confidentiality of department business. It also states Bolden did not violate city policy on breach of security or a Georgia law regarding making false statements to a government agency.

Another former Dunwoody officer, Austin Handle, posted audio from Bolden’s hearing on his TikTok page.

Handle was fired from the department two years ago and now serves as vice chair of the Lamplighter Project, a national organization that encourages law enforcement officers to speak out against police corruption or injustice.

During the hearing with Grogan, Bolden asks in the recording how he misused his position. Another voice, which Handle identifies as Grogan, tells Bolden “this is not a question and answer session.”

Bolden issued a statement through Handle.

“If you listen to the audio, as it makes its rounds online, you will hear a scared police chief belittle me for doing nothing more than asking for clarification on how I broke the departmental policies,” Bolden said in a statement.

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“With the current policy, there remains no chance for anyone to contest the findings of such an investigation, which clearly shows a ‘witch hunt’ orchestrated by Dunwoody’s Top Cop.” Dunwoody spokeswoman Jennifer Boettcher declined to comment on the firing, citing it as a personnel matter.

Bolden was one of several officers who spoke out against high-level police officials during a 2020 investigation that involved close to 50 allegations of sexual harassment and unprofessional conduct. Bolden spoke specifically against former Lt. Fidel Espinoza, who Bolden accused of sexual harassment.

Espinoza resigned before the 2020 probe concluded.

Espinoza and the city have since faced lawsuits from two former officers accusing Espinoza of harassing them and accusing the city of ignoring the behavior. The city of Dunwoody has paid more than $400,000 for legal services to address personnel matters within the police department since 2020.

Bolden’s attorney, Howard Evans, attributed the department’s issues to a failure in leadership. He said he and Bolden, who is Black, plan to file a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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City, Fulton County to partner on old bridge art

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Steel from the original Rogers Bridge will be repurposed into public art for Johns Creek in a collaboration project with Fulton County.

City Council members entered a verbal agreement with the county at a March 28 work session and are scheduled to review and approve a formal intergovernmental agreement at the next work session and council meeting April 11.

The old Rogers Bridge structure was removed from its site across the Chattahoochee River October 11 to make way for a new pedestrian bridge. It was later disassembled with Johns Creek and Duluth planning to split 10 tons of salvaged steel to produce public art.

Johns Creek will contribute $50,000 in tourism product development funds from the Convention and Visitors Bureau budget, while Fulton County has allocated $150,000 in this year’s budget toward the project.

Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann, who requested the funds in Fulton County budget discussions, presented alongside Public Art Manager Alex Francombe at the City Council work session.

Fulton County has been contributing to

public art for almost 30 years, Francombe said, with 1 percent of the annual budget automatically allocated to funding public art projects. The Rogers Bridge project would be the county’s 70th commission.

Francombe said the county’s typical processes for commissioning the artwork includes establishment of an approval process, assembling a selection committee and striking a balance between community values and artist vision.

Phase one of the project has a target completion date of mid-April and includes assembling a selection panel with established locations and vision for the project, a call for artists and setting terms of an IGA with the county.

Still, a lot of the project is yet to be decided including what the piece or pieces will look like, the locations of the art and which government entity will hold maintenance responsibilities.

“So, there’s some unknowns, but we want to get the process started so that we can start answering those questions that are unknown,” Hausmann said.

During her presentation, Hausmann also alluded that Duluth may not want their entire share of the steel and that Johns Creek could potentially acquire the leftover.

“I just want to say how really excited

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Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann discusses a partnership with Johns Creek to create a public art sculpture out of salvaged steel from the old Rogers Bridge at a City Council work session March 29.

Fulton County is to be entering into a partnership with this project with y’all,” Hausmann said. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to preserve the last remaining bridge over the Chattahoochee, the steel from it.”

Toward the end of the presentation, City Council members nominated Council-

woman Stacy Skinner and Councilman Dilip Tunki to be representatives on the selection committee. The pair said they would discuss after the meeting and decide who would participate in the Rogers Bridge committee and who would serve as a liaison on a separate arts and culture committee.

Johns Creek OKs plan for dental office on Old Alabama

By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Twenty days after Johns Creek planning commissioners unanimously struck down a rezoning request for a dental office on Old Alabama Road, the City Council gave all seven thumbs up to the plan.

Council members attached conditions to their March 28 approval, however.

The zoning change will allow a 10,008-square-foot dental office to open shop in the footprint of an existing dental office at the site.

Nooredin Nurani, one of the dentists behind the petition, spoke on his own behalf during a public hearing Monday evening and was later joined by other Johns Creek dentists and patients.

The practice that will occupy the proposed medical office is an offshoot of the Center for Cosmetic and Sedation Dentistry which is based in Lawrenceville.

In his remarks, Nurani shared the benefits of sedation dentistry and how the practice will benefit the community, specifically by providing treatment to individuals with special needs who might not be able to be treated without

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Local dentist Nooredin Nurani implores City Council members to approve the rezoning of a property along Old Alabama Road for an expanded dental practice at a March 28 meeting. sedation.

“Being able to serve the community and actually helping patients who wouldn’t be able to get treatment has brought tremendous joy and fulfillment

to my life,” Nurani said. “I’m hopeful that this council will consider our petition for this development and that you’ll allow us to serve a lot more people.”

The proposal was initially denied by the city’s recommending board based on three factors: a dislike in the outward appearance of the structure, a perception that the space was too large for its intended use and a belief that roadway access was insufficient and unsafe.

However, Community Development Director Ben Song said that the proposed structure and all submitted plans for the surrounding area are up to the city’s zoning code and should be considered as such.

Some City Council members shared planning commissioner’s concerns about the outward appearance of the dentist office and asked Nurani to consider designing a space with a more “residential feel” that was more congruous with the surrounding area.

“We’re planning to be here long term and we would definitely like to move forward with the planning, and so if we have to make some modifications, we’re open to that,” Nurani said. “Whatever it takes.”

After some debate over whether to defer the proposal to a later meeting, council members unanimously approved the zoning change with staff recommendations and a stipulation that, “the building shall be limited to a single-story structure and the exterior elevation shall maintain a residential appearance.”

Additionally, the final renderings will be subject to approval by Community Development Director Song.

Also during the meeting Monday evening, City Council members appointed judges for the Johns Creek Municipal Court.

Donald Schaefer was re-appointed as the court’s chief judge, and Wanda Dallas and Jenny Nguyen were appointed as associate judges.

City Council members also approved the acquisition of six parcels of land along McGinnis Ferry Road through eminent domain in a 5-2 vote. Mayor John Bradberry and Mayor Pro Tem Chris Coughlin cast the two dissenting votes.

The parcels are part of a road widening project which is being jointly funded

by Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Forsyth County and the Georgia Department of Transportation.

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Atlanta Community Food Bank gives $455,000 to nonprofits ATLANTA — Atlanta Community Food Bank announced March 28 that it has given a total of $455,000 across more than 90 individual grants to Metro Atlanta food banks and pantries.

Each grant is worth $5,000, and recipients span 21 Metro Atlanta and North Georgia counties including Fulton, DeKalb and Forsyth. Some recipients include St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Dunwoody, The Place of Forsyth County and YMCA of Metro Atlanta.

The funds are intended to go toward

crucial equipment needs to support food storage and distribution, such as fridges and freezers. Atlanta Community Food Bank has seen an increased need for food assistance as rent and the cost of living have increased on the heels of the pandemic.

“We couldn’t fulfill our mission without our nonprofit partner agencies,” Atlanta Community Food Bank CEO Kyle Waide said. “Our partners are invaluable in our work to get desperately needed food to the roughly 715,000 Georgia neighbors who need assistance,

and these grants will help increase their capacity to help.”

The food bank estimates that nearly one in eight Georgians and one in seven children is food insecure in its service area.

Recipients of the $5,000 grant include faith-based organizations, community and mobile food pantries, homeless shelters, veteran support organizations and community kitchens.

Urban Recipe, a food co-op based in Fulton County, was another recipient.

“This grant provides our organization with the tools necessary to build resilient and responsive co-ops and create more opportunities for our co-ops to sustain, grow and empower the communities they support,” Urban Recipe Executive Director Jeremy Lewis said.

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Forsyth County leaders cut the ribbon at the new Halcyon Trailhead of the Big Creek Greenway March 22.

Greenway trailhead reopens at Halcyon with new amenities FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 2-mile portion of Forsyth’s County’s Big Creek Greenway reopened March 22 after more than a year of repairs.

The reopening also launched the greenway’s new Halcyon Trailhead on Cortland Walk.

The portion of the trail from McFarland Parkway to Union Hill Road closed in late 2020 as the county replaced wooden boardwalks and raised the trail profile in some areas. The trailhead includes parking access and new restroom facilities.

County leaders gathered at the trailhead March 22 for a ribbon cutting on the reopened portion. Parks & Recreation Director Jim Pryor said the county had faced difficulties with the renovation, but that the new trail infrastructure would last far longer than the old one. He said the 2-mile stretch had previously been made mostly of all-wood

boardwalks, but the new trail has steel truss supports under the wooden deck that will last longer and make future maintenance easier.

Pryor said the county is currently working on another portion of the greenway near Fowler Park.

“As Forsyth County continues to grow, being able to provide an easy path to connect with nature is something that not all communities have access to,” Forsyth County Commission Chairman Alfred John said at the ribbon cutting.

“It is something that we value and want to protect.”

RocaPoint Partners Principal Phil Mays emphasized the trailhead would be instrumental in bringing residents and visitors to the Halcyon shopping center.

He said the connection to the greenway is one of the main factors that convinced RocaPoint to invest in Halcyon.

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Chattahoochee Nature Center opens new trail

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The Chattahoochee Nature Center held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting March 15 for its newly restored 2,000-foot River Boardwalk Trail and Connection Bridge.

Chattahoochee Nature Center staff, Roswell City Council members and countless others attended the event to see the project first-hand.

It includes the boardwalk, which was restored using state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable materials, and a pedestrian bridge over Willeo Road with ADA-accessible ramps. The previous boardwalk had supported hundreds of thousands of visitors for nearly 40 years.

Mayor Kurt Wilson said at the event that the City of Roswell had been particularly excited to work with the Chattahoochee Nature Center on the Connection Bridge over Willeo Road, because, on any given day, the road receives a lot of cut-through traffic from Cobb County.

The bridge now connects the center’s main campus directly to the River Boardwalk Trail so that visitors no longer have to cross Willeo Road.

“The success of our River Park Trail System has brought additional vehicle and pedestrian traffic to the area,” Wilson said. “We are thrilled that visitors to the Chattahoochee Nature Center now have a safe and uninterrupted access to the river as well as our trail system.”

Wilson said the Chattahoochee Nature Center attracts an estimated 140,000 visitors every year and serves as a place of recreation and education as well as an economic driver.

“The 2018 study of the City of Roswell’s River Parks Master Plan showed a potential economic benefit to the region of more than $119 million,” Wilson said. “The Chattahoochee Nature Center’s River Boardwalk Trail will further

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Staff, Roswell City Council members and others gather at the Chattahoochee Nature Center’ grand opening and ribboncutting ceremony on March 15 for its newly restored River Boardwalk Trail and Connection Bridge. enhance this benefit.”

Chattahoochee Nature Center Board Chair Clarence Jackson stated in an an nouncement before the event the project is a game-changer because it acts as a conduit for the community to discover the ecology of the area more intimately while fostering a greater understanding of and connection with nature.

“We are proud to open this space where our community can safely gather to create lasting memories with family and friends,” Jackson stated. “The learning possibilities are endless, and it makes me proud that our supporters were committed to this endeavor.”

“The River Boardwalk Trail offers beautiful vistas of the Chattahoochee River and the surrounding wetlands and will include a ‘River House’ gathering area for enhanced educational and

We are proud to open this space where our community can safely gather to create lasting memories with family and friends.”

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event programming,” Jackson continued. “An improved canoe launch will allow greater access to the river for populations with varying abilities.”

The River Boardwalk Trail and Connection Bridge were completed through Phase I of the Chattahoochee Nature Center’s “Bridging. Teaching. Inspiring.” capital campaign.

In addition to the grand opening and ribbon-cutting on March 15, the Chattahoochee Nature Center held a community grand opening day on March 20, which was sponsored by Fulton County.

Overall, the project was funded through the financial support of Chattahoochee Nature Center staff, its Board of Trustees, individuals, foundations, corporations and government entities.

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Alpharetta officials get update on MARTA service expansion

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Eagle Scout Audrey Brinser, center, stands in front of North Park’s bocce ball courts. Brinser worked to design and build the facility as her Eagle Scout project.

Eagle Scout gives bocce ball 3-court assist at North Park ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Residents can now enjoy games of bocce ball at a three-court facility in North Park.

The bocce ball facility officially opened in March after local Boy Scouts member Audrey Brinser designed, raised funds and organized volunteers for the courts as part of her Eagle Scout project.

Between January and April 2021, Brinser raised over $1,500 and worked nearly 100 volunteer hours to design and plan the facility. In May 2021, she organized 65 volunteers for construction, totaling 460 volunteer hours.

For her efforts on the project, Brinser attained the rank of Eagle Scout in September 2021.

The facility had a “soft opening” in November 2021 and had its official ribbon cutting this month. Parks & Recreation Projects Manager Kurt Kirby said the city allocated funding to add artificial turf to the playing surface, an access sidewalk and seating to the area.

He said the total value of the bocce ball facility is $15,000, and a partnership with Northside Hospital helped with funding.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Those looking for expanded public transit options in Alpharetta will likely get their wish, though it’s going to take a while.

Local officials received an update on MARTA’s Alpharetta bus service expansion at the City Council’s March 28 meeting. MARTA executives talked through plans to build four new bus transit stations along new express lanes of Ga. 400.

The stations will be located along Ga. 400 near Holcomb Bridge Road, North Point Mall, Old Milton Parkway and Windward Parkway.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is heading the express lane project, but there have been delays. The department is not expected to choose a contractor for the new express lanes until August of 2023.

MARTA Project Manager Marcus Arnold said despite the delays, MARTA staff is conducting analyses of the areas surrounding the proposed stations and tweaking designs.

The state committed $100 million in funds toward the express lanes on Ga. 400, but the new bus stations are expected to cost anywhere from $200 million to $325 million to construct, and MARTA has not identified specific funding sources for the project.

MARTA Senior Director for Government and Community Affairs Colleen Kiernan suggested a variety of funding sources, from federal and state grants to funding from the Atlanta Regional Commission.

While she didn’t completely dismiss a sales tax as one avenue for funding, Kiernan said MARTA was looking to avoid it.

City Council members were overall welcoming to the transit expansion. Some brought up concerns of extra noise in residential areas or how stations would affect the city’s look, but Arnold said MARTA would work with the city the whole way through.

Mayor Jim Gilvin said that as MARTA service in the city stands, Alpharettans pay about $16 million per year in taxes to the service, but they aren’t getting $16 million worth of transit in return.

In other business at the March 28 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a $67,500 contract with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects to study the city’s downtown district and develop a framework plan for future development of the Alpha Loop multi-use trail. The plan aims to connect the downtown area with Wills Park and the Alpha Loop along Devore Road.

The council also authorized the condemnation of six more parcels for the $60 million McGinnis Ferry Road expansion project, which is being jointly funded by the cities of Alpharetta and Johns Creek, Forsyth County and the Georgia Department of Transportation.

City Attorney Mike Stacy said the city is working to avoid condemnation and make friendly acquisitions of the properties, and that the authorizations were a safeguard to keep the project on track.

He said Monday’s resolutions should be the last the city needs to pass. In recent months, the city has moved to acquire dozens of properties for the project.

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It’s been a great transition. There haven’t been any problems whatsoever. He’s a great guy. I wish I had done it 10 years sooner.

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New owner hopes to continue Roswell staple

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — If anyone knows barbecue, it’s Bob White.

So, when local businessowner Angel Martinez learned of the opportunity to take over Slope’s BBQ in Roswell, he took it.

“When he came over to my deli (My Friend’s Place in Alpharetta) and sat down, I could tell he had a good grasp of what he was looking for in terms of what he wanted to hand over,” Martinez said.

“I just felt honored that me and my wife have a chance to build on his brand and, really, his legacy.”

White said they cut a deal approximately five weeks after they met, and Martinez became the new owner of Slope’s BBQ when he signed over the paperwork on Jan. 10 – one day after White’s 80th birthday.

“It’s been a great transition,” White said. “There haven’t been any problems whatsoever. He’s a great guy. I wish I had done it 10 years sooner.”

His only two conditions, White said, was that he be allowed to eat all the chili dogs he wants and that his two cooks continue to work at the restaurant. White said one has been working at Slope’s BBQ for 21 years and the other for 16 years.

White moved to Roswell with his wife Marlene in 1964, which is when she began teaching at Roswell North Elementary School. Then, in 1991, White founded Slope’s BBQ. While he never dreamed of owning a barbecue business, White said he enjoyed cooking for neighborhood parties and church events. Soon after opening, the

Slope’s BBQ was founded by Bob White in 1991. It is located at 34 E. Crossville Rd. in Roswell. business grew from just serving barbecue and sandwiches to a variety of items ranging from deserts to vegetables and now even catfish on Saturday nights.

White has only ever owned one restaurant, but there are Slope’s BBQ franchises in Sandy Springs and Alpharetta. There were also stores in Cumming and Cartersville, but both locations have closed.

Martinez said he hopes to grow Slope’s BBQ so there are stores spread across the country.

At 52 years old, Martinez said he grew up in the restaurant business, first working as a dishwasher, then as a bartender, manager, director of operations and so on.

He also worked in the technology industry for several years, but during the COVID-19 pandemic Martinez said he decided he needed to branch out and bought My Friend’s Place on McFarland Parkway in Alpharetta, launching his return to the

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New Slope’s BBQ owner Angel Martinez, left, and founder Bob White stand inside the restaurant on East Crossville Road in Roswell. White said he sold the restaurant to Martinez on Jan. 10 – one day after his 80th birthday. restaurant business.

His philosophy, Martinez said, is to not break what isn’t broken, and at Slope’s BBQ that’s especially important because he intends to preserve the traditions and customer appeal that White built over the trajectory of his career.

“I may not be able to fill Bob’s shoes, but I can be Bob 2.0,” Martinez said.

These days, White said he still visits

Slope’s BBQ, which serves as his social club, and Marlene continues to work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings to catch up with old friends and longtime customers.

White said they hope to travel out west this summer to see the Grand Canyon and Yosemite and Yellowstone National Park.

“It’s been a hoot,” White said.

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Amid quiet of Florida airport, shockwaves I am two hours early to pick up my sister Allyson, and her daughter, Stella.

They are flying into Tallahassee and I am waiting in the airport.

If you have never been in the Tallahassee airport, it is a different RAY APPEN world, a small, quiet, Publisher Emeritus ray@appenmediagroup.com stress-free, no-lineinsight airport. I see two people working at the TSA security checkpoint. Maybe three. There were no cars dropping off or picking up out front.

No cops with whistles. No people walking fast.

When Hartsfield-Jackson is one’s frame of reference, I guess many airports feel like – well, small, pretend. I mean, there is not even any noise here, just me sitting in the middle of the main floor, alone.

I see more pilots walk by than passengers. I didn’t even have to worry about finding a seat with an open plug for my MacBook. I am the only person in the lobby. Did I mention that it is 2:30 in the

Enrollment: Continued from Page 1 of COVID-19 which continues for a third school year.

“While the long range estimates show an overall decline in population, consider our forecasts have been filled with two years of COVID impacted population,” noted Yngrid Huff, executive director of operational planning.

But, the decline began well before COVID-19 landed in 2020. After decades of steady growth, enrollment peaked in 2016 and began falling across the system, particularly in the elementary grades.

Huff noted the trend will likely continue, with smaller primary grades expected to impact later grades into the future.

“Forecasts follow trends…and trends have to shift in order for projections to change,” Huff said. “Our current expectations for the next five years show a decline of 3,700 students.”

In the North Fulton region, enrollment is down primarily in the elementary and middle school grades.

School capacity is based on the Georgia Department of Education funding formula. How the school uses the space is considered instructional capacity and is more flexible. For example, schools with larger special needs populations will need more space than

afternoon – a Saturday – in Florida’s capital Tallahassee’s International Airport?

I guess frames of reference are everything, no?

I worked on a column about Ukraine last week about an article I read by threetime Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Freidman, the New York Times’ former foreign bureau chief and probably the smartest guy out there in terms of understanding what is going on. His headline was “We Have Never Been Here Before.” He was referencing the breadth, intensity and scope of the media coverage of the Russian invasion: “Our world is not going to be the same again because this war has no historical parallel. It is a raw, 18th century-style land grab by a superpower – but in a 21st century globalized world. This is the first war that will be covered on Tik-Tok by super-empowered individuals armed only with smart phones, so acts of brutality will be documented and broadcast worldwide without any editors or filters.

“On the first day of the war, we saw invading Russian tank units unexpectedly being exposed by Google Maps, because Google wanted to alert drivers that the

Russian armor was causing traffic jams.”

Later in the column, he made the comment that we will be witnessing a “large-scale war (that) will be livestreamed, minute by minute, battle by battle, death by death, to the world.”

He comments that in large part, the outcome of the war will be determined by the will of the rest of the world to stop Putin. And that “will,” he observes, is heavily influenced by public opinion. In making his point, he observes that musician, actress, Selena Gomez, for example, is but one of thousands of opinion “influencers” from all walks of life in today’s digital world, and that she has more followers on Instagram – over 298 million – than Russia has citizens.

In today’s world, public opinion matters – a lot. It topples governments sometimes.

His second point was that today, Putin has more unchecked power than any other Russian leader since Stalin and that China’s Xi Jinping has more unchecked power than any other Chinese leader since Mao. But, Friedman observes, in the time of Stalin and Mao, much of the geopolitical turmoil was generally confined to their

respective countries and also, that China was totally isolated back then.

But it’s not that way today, he says, and that “from one end of the world to the other (we are) wired together with fewer and fewer buffers. So, any decisions made

by Putin and Xi will directly or indirectly impact us all today.” This, Friedman states, is “our first real taste of how crazy and unstable this kind of wired world can get. It will not be our last.”

“Frames of reference” was my original idea for this column. I got the idea as I was sitting in my comfortable home in Alpharetta while I listened to news about all the missiles raining down on apartment buildings, hospitals, and the civilian population in general in Ukraine and how naive I was to have thought that now in the 21st century that we would be living in a world that had left the barbarism we are now watching on our smart phones behind.

traditional students.

Despite the data, North Fulton School Board member Katie Reeves is not completely on board with the conclusions.

“I think the jury is still out,” Reeves said. “Housing growth [will happen] because we are going to see a transition as millennials start buying homes and having kids.”

She noted they will be looking to plant roots in areas with good schools, such as North Fulton, where empty nesters are entering their next phase. “[As a baby boomer] our kids will be the baby boom ‘echo’,” Reeves said.

“They may not have as many kids…but I think there is the potential for us to refill our schools.”

Johns Creek board member Linda McCain said the need to maintain high performance schools is imperative as Fulton County competes with other districts for students.

“We need to continue to make our brand top notch so that folks choose [public schools] when they have the option to live in Fulton County,” McCain said during a recent board meeting.

school.

The day State Bridge Crossing Elementary opened in 1996, the school required portables to accommodate the enrollment. Today, the vast majority of schools no longer have portables on campus.

Enrollment, especially in elementary schools, has plunged below available capacity over the past several years.

Of the 28 elementary schools in the North Fulton region, only one – Creekview – is over state capacity with more than 900 students in a school built for 850. Meanwhile, New Prospect Elementary a few miles away has 473 students in a school that can accommodate around 800.

While several area schools have student populations nearly half of state capacity, Reeves points out many of these are special needs centers and require more space.

At the middle school level, three schools are well below capacity (Crabapple, Haynes Bridge and Holcomb Bridge) spurring a conversation on new direction for the future.

Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney has been a vocal advocate for K-8 academies, pointing to the wealth of research showing the benefits of nine years of uninterrupted education.

During a recent podcast, Looney noted, “a student knows that when they

walk into a building in kindergarten, they will be surrounded by the same trusted adults through eighth grade.”

The K-8 model was first proposed in South Fulton a few years ago but was rejected in favor of building a new school to replace an aging one.

Chief Academic Officer Cliff Jones noted the K-8 model is often found in charter schools, private schools, urban schools and internationally, and has been found to increase academic performance as well as social/emotional benefits.

At the high school level, all nine area high schools are near capacity, but system planners expect stable or a slight decline in enrollment over the next five years. The lone exception is Cambridge High which is projected to drop from its current 1,800 enrollment to just under 1,500 students by 2026.

Reeves disagrees with that assessment, noting recent data shows new families to the district often have older children. She also is pushing for redistricting to balance out inequities in enrollment, and a conversation on tough decisions that may need to be made in the coming years.

“First of all I always believe in neighborhood schools, so that has to be the benchmark,” she said. “Collapsing schools would mean more distance for kids and parents…but there may be opportunities to consider.”

Enrollment varies across schools At the peak of the enrollment surge in the North Fulton region in the early 2000s, the entire freshman class at Milton High School was located in a “portable city” in the parking lot of the

If you Google “Friedman We Have Never Been Here Before” you can probably pull up his column. It covers a ton of ground and is well worth a read.

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Color is always an important element in decorating, and while earth tones that embrace the outdoors are definitely on-trend for this year, there is also a definite move to incorporate more nature-inspired colors like greens and browns. In addition, we gravitate toward different colors for different reasons, and as a way of counterbalancing the turbulence of the last few years, some are reaching for a more calming pastel palette while others are going for a more vivid approach to emphasize optimism. Whatever route appeals to you, don’t be afraid to play with color, using it to emphasize elements of well-being in your home.

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Reader generosity can help spread the word Appen Media’s newspapers are home delivered by 24 people to 95,000 homes each week. To put that in some context for you, it takes about an hour to bag and deliver just 300 homes.

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DEATH NOTICES Scott William Anderson, 56, passed away March 17, 2022. Arrangements by McDonald & Son Funeral Home.

Jewell Dalton, 98, of Alpharetta, passed away March 25, 2022.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Scott Dunbar, 50, of Alpharetta, passed away March 25, 2022.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Nodya Havice, 75, of Roswell, passed away March 23, 2022.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Darrell Flowe, 68, of Roswell, passed away March 24, 2022.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Ronald Russell, 84, of Milton, passed away March 22, 2022.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Gerald Scott, 95, of Alpharetta, passed away March 21, 2022.

Arrangements by Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

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