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ATLANTA — School may be out for the summer, but the reshuffling of school attendance zones across the Fulton County School System is just getting started. “[Parents] have to stay engaged this summer…you can’t go on vacation,” joked Fulton School Board member Linda McCain, who represents Johns Creek. “But seriously, this is definitely going to change the trajectory of attendance in the North Fulton area for sure.” Beginning in August, community meetings will be held to engage the public in the redistricting process for the 2023-24 school year. In North Fulton, 46 school attendance zones will be reviewed. “[Fulton Schools] staff is preparing for a fall 2022 redistricting team to review current attendance boundaries using the district’s procedure for revising school attendance boundaries,” said Yngrid Huff, executive director of Operational Planning. In North Fulton, redistricting will focus primarily on enrollment imbalances in elementary schools. However, any adjustments to elementary zones will likely tweak current feeder pat-
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — North Fulton voters have chosen a new slate of faces for the state’s fourth largest school system. At around 2 p.m. on May 25, the unofficial results from Fulton County showed Lillie Pozatek had secured the District 2 school board seat after capturing 51.69 percent of the vote. She is set to replace incumbent Katie Reeves, who did not seek re-election and represents Alpharetta and Milton. As an educator, parent volunteer and businesswoman, Pozatek ran on bringing results-driven leadership to the table. Her opponent, Brittany Griffin, secured 48.31 percent of the vote. Additionally, at the time of reporting, Kristin McCabe was ahead of Kimberly Ware for the District 5 school board seat, formerly held by Linda McCain, with 57.69 percent of the vote. Ware garnered 42.31 percent. The district includes Johns Creek and Alpharetta. On May 9, McCabe told Appen Media she has been a resident of Johns
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Crabapple Middle School opened last year off Woodstock Road. Despite the relocation of the school from its original site, attendance lines were not adjusted. Currently the school is 400 students below the building capacity. terns to middle and high schools.
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Another priority is re-setting the attendance zone for the replacement Crabapple Middle School which opened last year off Woodstock Road. Despite the relocation of the school from its original site, attendance lines were not adjusted. Currently the school is 400 students below the building capacity.
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The future of Haynes Bridge and Holcomb Bridge middle schools – both with low enrollment - will also be examined during the redistricting process. McCain said parents need to be involved in the process because it’s been more than a decade since a large-scale redistricting was undertaken in North
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Milton sees slight uptick in crime By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — While crime has spiked across the country, Police Chief Rich Austin says it is only up “a tad” in the City of Milton. Speaking at a May 16 City Council meeting, Austin said crime has increased by 12 cases from this time last year. As of April 24, there have been 77 cases, and during the same time frame last year, there were 65 cases, according to the Milton Police Department. Half of the additional cases, Austin said, are burglaries at storage units and motor homes being stored within the Midgard Self Storage complex on Ga. 9. Police have since arrested and charged 48-year-old Miguel Villapondo for five of the six burglaries. According to the Milton Police De-
partment, one investigation is pending. Villapondo is being held at the Hall County Detention Center, where he faces additional charges for separate offenses in that county. “Mr. Villapondo will be extradited to Fulton County on the storage complex burglary charges after he faces the pending Hall County charges,” the Milton Police Department told the Herald. Austin also said there has been a slight increase in vehicle accidents this year. As of April 24, there have been 165 total crashes. Over the same period last year, there were 157 crashes. “One area where we’re seeing crashes up significantly is in the construction area at Bethany Bend and Hopewell Road,” Austin said. “I’m sure you’ve all been through there and seen the obstacles that our drivers are seeing there. … Of those crashes, we’re only up one
personal injury crash at this time.” Austin said the police department is increasing patrols in that area. In April, the Milton Police Department also participated in the DEA Drug Take Back Day, where it collected 20 pounds of prescription drugs. The Drug Take Back Day is intended to encourage the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes to prevent misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting. After working with a grant through CVS Pharmacy, the police department recently installed a permanent drug take-back box so citizens can drop off unwanted prescription drugs in the lobby any time it is open. “So now we have the means to dispose of those in-house,” Austin said. “We’ll still participate in the Drug Take Back Day, but this is just another added service for our citizens.”
Two arrested in Alpharetta hotel By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Two drug trafficking suspects were arrested at the Extended Stay hotel on Rock Mill Road May 6 after police reported finding cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in a hotel room they were sharing. Alpharetta police were called to the scene by the ex-girlfriend of James Cotton, one of the suspects. The woman told police Cotton had thrown her to the ground and began to strangle her when she went to his hotel room and saw him with his new girlfriend, Mecca McCloud. The woman said she managed to kick Cotton and flee the hotel. Officers observed blood on the woman’s throat and face and scratches on her neck. The woman also advised that Cotton had drugs in the room and that she had seen him make multiple
drug deals out of the room. Police secured an arrest warrant for Cotton and a warrant to search his person. Police handcuffed Cotton without incident when he opened the door to the hotel room. McCloud was also in the room when officers entered. Officers found loose baggies in Cotton’s pockets. He said he did not know how they got there. Police had a drug canine sniff the hotel hallway as well as Cotton’s car. Based on the dog’s alerts and Cotton’s ex-girlfriend’s statements, police obtained search warrants for the hotel room and Cotton’s car. Officers located 29 grams of methamphetamine, 21 grams of cocaine and 11.3 ounces of marijuana inside the hotel room. No drugs were found inside Cotton’s car. Police interviewed McCloud in a separate hotel room. McCloud told police she had been
going to Cotton’s room regularly for two months. She said Cotton had asked her to have people send her money and then send the money to him, and she had agreed, according to the report. She said she did not know what the payments were for. Police placed McCloud under arrest. They then searched the room they had placed her in and found a bag under the bed containing 16 grams of crack cocaine. The room had been cleaned prior to McCloud being placed in the room, according to the report. Cotton, 39, from Forsyth, Ga., was charged with aggravated assault, trafficking methamphetamine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. McCloud, 27, from Newnan, was charged with trafficking methamphetamine.
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City names country club park MILTON, Ga. — The former Milton Country Club has a new name. The city announced May 13 the 137acre property off Dinsmore Road will now be known as the Milton City Park and Preserve following an online poll taken by hundreds of citizens. The poll opened in late April and closed at midnight on May 11, capping a weeks-long process that provided well over 200 name suggestions from citizens and the Milton City Council. In second place, was the name Milton Meadows. Purchased for $5 million in 2018 with a portion of a voter-approved $25 million greenspace bond, the facility’s remodeled clubhouse turned community center and 1.25-mile of new surface material officially opened to the public on April 23. The property consists of active areas for recreation programs and facilities as well as a passive portion with 130 acres of undeveloped land. The city will take the next couple of months to formalize the new name in signage, documentation and online. In the meantime, visitors are encouraged to enjoy all the Milton City Park and Preserve has to offer, includ-
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METRO ATLANTA — Democrat Lucy McBath won the Democratic primary, while Republicans Michael Corbin and Mark Gonsalves are headed to a runoff for the District 7 U.S. House of Representatives seat. According to results from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office late Tuesday, McBath received around 63.4 percent of the Democratic vote, a commanding lead over MCBATH incumbent Carolyn Bour-
deaux, who had garnered 31 percent. On the Republican side, Corbin had received 41.4 percent of the vote compared to Gonsalves at 26.22 percent. Because neither GOP candidate garnered more than 50 percent of the vote, the two will advance to a June 21 runoff. Lisa McCoy finished third in the five-candidate Republican primary with about 14.8 percent. McBath has represented the 6th District since 2019, and because of redistricting, moved her candidacy to the 7th DisCORBIN trict. Bourdeaux took the
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Republican State House candidates head to runoff in districts 24, 50 NORTH METRO ATLANTA — The Republican race for Georgia State House District 24 will head to a runoff, according to election results. Sheri Smallwood Gilligan received the most votes, polling at 49.44 percent as of late Tuesday. Carter Barrett received 42 percent. Both will face off in a June 21 primary. Ed Solly, the third candidate in the race, garnered about 8.5 percent of the vote.
The runoff winner will face Democrat Sydney Walker in the Nov. 8 general election. Walker ran unopposed. The Republican race for House District 50 is also up in the air. The latest results have Betsy Kramer with just over 46 percent of the vote. Narender Reddy is in second with 28.12 percent and will advance to the runoff against Kramer. Jill Trammel polled third with 25.8 percent of the vote.
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Continued from Page 1 Creek for the past 18 years and earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of South Florida. Her husband, Dan, was a founding Johns Creek City Council member, and she has been engaged with Fulton County Schools for the past 15 years. Lastly, in District 7, Michelle Morancie secured 50.49 percent of the vote. Her opponent, Phil Chen, received 49.51 percent at the time of reporting. The District 7 school board seat was held by former Fulton County Board of Education President Julia Bernath, who did not seek re-election. It includes Sandy Springs and Roswell. Morancie, a licensed psychologist who worked in public schools for over 30 years, said in March that in order to build staff morale and slow the exodus of teachers and clinical staff, she would like to create an atmosphere of collaboration with administrators where their needs are heard and addressed. Fulton County School Board positions are non-partisan.
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Wellstar breaks ground on cancer center expansion By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — When Radiation Oncologist Dr. Mark McLaughlin joined Wellstar North Fulton Hospital more than three years ago, he says he immediately sought to create a cancer center program to offer patients both radiation and technologically advanced care. On May 24, his vision began to take shape with a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate Wellstar North Fulton Hospital’s $12 million investment to expand its cancer center program over the next year. “I wanted to do something different to reach out and create something new here that patients didn’t have, so I’m thrilled to be here today to celebrate not only the North Fulton Cancer Center, but the exciting addition of CyberKnife radiation oncology technology to this campus and to this Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek area,” McLaughlin said. “It’s going to be really incredible.” Wellstar North Fulton Hospital President Jon-Paul Croom, who credited McLaughlin with spearheading the project, said the addition of 12,000 square feet of space to the cancer center will help to offer the community all aspects of diagnosis, staging and treatment of cancers in their own backyard. “This is something that we know will transform lives – lives of people that you know have cancer and people you don’t even know have cancer yet in this community – and soon everyone will be able to get all their cancer care in one place close to home without having to travel,” Croom said. Once completed, the North Fulton Cancer Center will house surgical, medical and radiation oncology, and a CyberKnife system that can treat anything from brain tumors to prostate cancers and lung cancers. CyberKnife technology is a non-invasive option for surgically complex or inoperable tumors that enables radiation oncologists to deliver targeted, high doses of radiation while requiring no anesthesia, hospitalization or lengthy recovery period. McLaughlin said that often, it can take between five and eight weeks for cancer patients to receive radiation treatment. But, with CyberKnife, treatment is reduced
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Signing Day at Milton High School Fine and performing arts students sealed their collegiate deals May 4, formally accepting scholarship offers at a Milton High School ceremony.
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Fine and performing arts student Riley Schutt commits to study graphic design at Rhodes College at a May 4 signing day ceremony at Milton High School.
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Mixed-use development approved in Alpharetta By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Alpharetta City Council unanimously approved a new mixed-use development in the downtown area May 23. The development will consist of two new buildings and one existing building on North Main Street across from the intersection with Cumming Street. The existing building, listed as historic by the city, will be preserved and used as restaurant space. The new buildings will be a mix of office, retail, restaurant and residential space containing four for-sale condominium units. The development will sit on 1.43 acres, and the new buildings will each be three stories. The total development will have 32,000 square feet of office space, 4,000 square feet of retail space and 6,000 square feet of restaurant space. Plans originally called for the new buildings to be four stories, but discussions in the city’s Planning Commission led the applicant to reduce the height. The development will include a 2-level underground parking deck with 132 parking spaces, just above the required 130 spaces. Nearby residents spoke in support of the development during its public hearing, noting that the applicant, Brent Beecham, had worked to address their concerns as the development moved through the Planning Commission. The council also unanimously approved plans for a new school for chil-
dren with special needs to open on Morris Road. The school, to be named Bright Path Academy, will be located in an existing 11,000 square-foot office building adjacent to Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool. Bright Path Academy will serve mostly nonverbal children of age for sixth grade to 12th grade and will operate on a normal school year calendar. The applicant, Thane Brooks, said the school will likely open with an enrollment of around 10 students and likely won’t serve more than 30 at any given time. He said he wanted to open the school to serve his daughter. The school will be broken into small classes and is planned to have one teacher for every three students enrolled. A floor plan displayed at the meeting showed the school as being fully equipped with an exercise room, a library and media room, an art center, a social learning center and several small classrooms. Mayor Jim Gilvin thanked Brooks for stepping in to offer specialized education to students with certain needs. He said there is a need in the community for such services. The council also approved the first of three readings regarding the city’s fiscal year 2023 budget, which will take effect on July 1 and run through June 30, 2023. There were no changes to the budget since its last presentation on May 16. Budget documents can be found on the city’s website, and the city will hold two more public hearings on the upcoming budget before it can be approved.
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Roswell hires Economic Development director By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — The City of Roswell has hired a new full-time economic development director. City Councilman Peter Vanstrom announced at the May 23 City Council meeting that Darryl Connelly is set to start June 6. Connelly, a previous Roswell resident, is returning after serving more than 12 years as senior vice president of asset management for the New York City Economic Development Corporation, according to LinkedIn. “We’re all very excited to have him join us,” Vanstrom said. “… He’s looking forward to coming back and being involved in the city. He understands the dynamics of the city, he understands that the residents come first, and he appreciates all the history and all the culture and all the beauty that is in this city.” Vanstrom said that during the interview process, what impressed him the most about Connelly was his commitment to project CONNELLY completion and his excitement for a good challenge. “Sometimes there seems to be a lag from point A to point Z to getting complete in the development of projects that we have going, and he will be tasked with that immediately and make sure that we move things along in this town as we keep building and growing our commercial district,” Vanstrom said. Connelly also has a strong history of working on redevelopment, a talent Vanstrom said the City of Roswell needs to focus on more.
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Alpharetta Pop Fest raises funds for Alzheimer’s BY ADAM DARBY adam@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta Pop Fest was held at Brook Street Park on May 21 from 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The free music festival brought together four local artists to play the stage and help raise awareness and funding for Alzheimer’s disease research. Families of all ages enjoyed diverse musical performances with food and beverages from local vendors such as Pure Taqueria, Currahee Brewing Co., Berens Frozen Custard, Fermented wine boutique, and BurgerFi. Performers included Smith and Calvert, Weston T Hine and the Palmettos, Cougar Sweat, and BJ Wilbanks. Founded by Michael and Jaime Berens, the festival was their response to a personal connection with the disease. “Alpharetta Pop Festival initially started after my dad’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s Disease back in 2016,” Jaime Berens said. “My father has always been a huge music lover and growing up, our home was filled with all kinds of music. After brainstorming some ideas, we decided what better way to honor my father than have a free music festival to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association.” The couple pitched the idea to the City of Alpharetta naming it after her father’s nickname, “Pop,” in his memory. Since holding the first concert on Father’s Day weekend in 2018, the two continue the annual event as a way to give hope to those also experiencing personal struggles with Alzheimer’s. To bring further awareness, the event also included information booths from both the Alzheimer’s Association and the Crossing at Webb Bridge Road, a memory care facility. “After living with Alzheimer’s in our family for 6 years, I feel like raising awareness is imperative for current and future families,” Jaime Berens said. “Alzheimer’s can be a very isolating disease for patients and their loved ones…Families need to know that they are not alone. We use Alpharetta Pop Festival to share some of these resources that have been so helpful along the way.” After their second event brought in a crowd of around 2,000, the festival took a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. This marks the third year of the popular concert with plans to host it annually moving forward. The Berens were “excited to spread the love” once again. “The festival has truly become a labor of love,” Jaime Berens said. “The day represents so many things to my family. The joy music brings to oth-
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ers, the magnitude of community, the essence of my dad, and the message of hope for families facing similar struggles. We love being able to share our story alongside some of Atlanta’s up-and-coming musicians.” To learn more about Alzheimer’s disease, visit www.alz.org. For more
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Weston T Hine and the Palmettos perform during the Alpharetta Pop Fest May 21.
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Celebrating centenarians One of the joys of being a mayor is celebrating the lives of residents who reach the age of 100. It is meaningful time for those who are recognized, their families and for the mayor. Milton’s new Mayor Peyton Jamison presented an official City of Milton Proclamation recognizing the 100th birthday of Marian Westbrook on May 1, 2022. Marian BOB MEYERS worked for the Coca Cola Bottling Company for several decades. She and her husband Luther retired in 1970 and moved into their retirement home on Ranchette Road. “I enjoyed talking with her and her relatives about her life and how people lived in days past,” the mayor said. “It is important that we not lose those histories and life experiences because they help us better understand our own lives.” According to demographers at the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of centenarians in the U.S. grew from over 53,000 in 2010 to more than 90,000 in 2020, making it one of the fastest growing age groups in the U.S. While that may sound like a lot, far less than 1 percent of the U.S. population reaches that magic mark. It is natural that we recognize those who do make it and wonder if they somehow discovered the magic elixir that mankind has searched for over the centuries. What are their secrets to that ultimate success? In his 15 years as mayor of Milton, Joe Lockwood has probably met more local centenarians than anyone else – about a dozen in total. All but one of them were women, the only exception being Al Rowe, now 102, who was an executive in the bakery industry before retirement. About half were born in this area. Others moved to Milton to be close to children or grandchildren. The majority were educated and had successful careers. They tended to be alert and aware of the modern world. “In short, they cared about life,” says the former mayor. “They changed from horses to jets in their lives and cherished their memories,” Lockwood said. “They also cared about the future of the next generation.” Joe recalls Elsada “Elsie” Duncan (1908 – 2019). “I danced with her at her 100th birthday party. About 10 years later I received a call from her family inviting me to another birthday party for her 110th.” Born in Jamaica, Elsie and her family moved to Milton in 1995. Deeply religious, she lived a long and productive life thanks in part to her family who loved her and kept her in their lives. Joe also remembers the celebration for Etta Allen (1914-2019) who lived to be 104. Joe presented a City of Milton 100th Birthday Proclamation to her at a party at her home on Bethany Road attended by four generations of her family. “Etta was very involved with her family and embraced life to the fullest,” Joe said. Byron Foster, a retired engineer with NASA, fondly recalls his mother Willie Mae Foster (1910–2012). The youngest of seven children, she lived on Hopewell Road, beside the Pearson’s store that was demolished
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Milton Mayor Peyton Jamison presents a proclamation to Marian Westrook May 1 on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
a few years ago. Her father died before she was born, and the family was very poor. Willie Mae picked cotton, beans and other crops for local farmers from a very young age to help feed her family. She frequently spoke about storing sweet potatoes under her house as a child so the family would always have enough to eat. She often recalled that while picking cotton near the entrance to today’s Manor neighborhood when she was 8 years old, someone yelled from a nearby hilltop, “the war is over, the war is over.” World War 1 had finally ended. Willie Mae and her husband Herschell (1911– 989) built a home on Belle Isle Road in Sandy Springs (Pole Town community) in 1934. Willie Mae lived in their house for 70 years until she moved to nearby Mount Vernon Towers senior living community in 2004 where her 100th birthday party was held. Fifty people came to pay their respects. So, what is the secret to a long life? Most experts
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Willie Mae and Herschell Foster circa 1930
would agree that a positive attitude and the ability to manage stress are key. Good genes are important too. As my beloved Aunt Mikki used to say, “enjoy the process.” Bob is the Milton Historical Society Director Emeritus. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.
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I crossed paths with a young gentleman carrying a bag of groceries in the parking lot of a local market recently. He looked like any normal guy you’d run across anywhere, except for his T -shirt. In big letters on the front: “Trump
Won.” Now, everyone, at one time or another loves to stir the pot a bit, and maybe that’s what this guy was all about. Maybe he wore the shirt to his job to get some attention. Failing that, then maybe a stroll down the dental hygiene aisle at Kroger would draw some stares. If by chance he really was serious, then he is among an alarming multitude who subscribe to the biggest fantasy in my lifetime. For the record – and you probably already know this – there have been 62 lawsuits filed in state and federal courts contesting the 2020 presidential election. All but one has been dis-
missed, declined or ruled ridiculous. The only case that succeeded was in Pennsylvania where a judge sided with the Trump campaign’s argument that voters should not have been allowed three days after the election to provide proper identification in order to validate – or cure – their mail-in ballot. Detractors place the number of votes cured at a “few,” but it was more than that. Election officials in Montgomery County, Pa., alone estimated the number there at just under 100. Even if all those cured ballots were for Biden – and there’s no evidence they were – to argue that a corrupt curing process could have overturned Biden’s 81,600 vote margin in the state is ludicrous. The point here is that the 2020 election was not stolen. There is no fact – not anywhere – to argue the contrary. Americans can believe there is a border crisis. They can believe the government should do more to foster gas production in the United States. They can even believe that more care should be taken in addressing how elections are conducted. Those are not lies. Evidence exists to make a case for
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This illustration shows what really happens during a lunar eclipse, according to experts in the Flat Earth Society. each argument. But “Trump Won” is a lie. I feel sorry for those who believe it. Many times, I have voted for presidential candidates – Republican and Democrat – who have lost. It hurt some, but I got over it. The next day, I joined millions of others who resumed life in reality. I thought about this very thing the other night while watching the lunar eclipse from my backyard. Fascinating stuff, seeing Earth’s curved shadow creep across the silver face of the moon. It then occurred to me what sort of damage this could be doing to the Flat
Earth Society. How could they reconcile it? They would have to create an alternate reality to refute celestial evidence on display above an entire continent. Their latest theory, it turns out, is that what we saw the night of May 15 was a mysterious “shadow object” that orbits the sun, and from time to time passes between the Earth and moon. The smart play here would be for the Flat Earthers to file 62 lawsuits attesting to this so “shadow object” theory could be incorporated into the public school science curriculum. Heck, print T -shirts.
After the reunion, assessing the toll time has taken My 50th high school reunion. Is that possible? Half a century. No way. I am not sure what I expected. What I had not expected was that some had died. Of my graduating class RAY APPEN of about 75, we have Publisher Emeritus lost nine. I was surray@appenmediagroup.com prised. One was my first roommate, and another was one of my two partners in crime. You know, the ones you got into trouble with but survived. As I thought about the nine, I guessed cancer, drugs and AIDS, and I am sure my guess was most likely spot on. I knew the reunion would be a fast forward – from 18 years old to about 70. So, everyone would have aged, and after 50 years, changed, right? Right and wrong. A few extra pounds, less hair. Yep. But changed? Nope, not really. People
don’t change much. We picked up where we left off without missing a beat. There was a lot of understated joy. There was curiosity. There was unspoken empathy. And we simply were happy to see each other again after all that time. Not knowing if and how each other had changed though, was a source of moderate anxiety for me and probably for many, as we carefully probed and conversed. The anxiety made little sense though, as we would only be together for a day and a-half then we would disappear to parts unknown again, back into separate lives somewhere else. Teachers made the reunion. Some drove the better part of a day to get to Jacksonville. They all sat at the same table, just like we tended to cluster like we did 50 years ago. My old literature teacher showed up, and I was able to thank him for giving me my love of books. Later, he shared with me that a number of former students had come up to him and expressed the same appreciation. He said he was surprised
and gratified. But “who knew?” he said, “who knew.\?” I later found out that he had left teaching and worked for a bank, and then moved on to real estate. “Who knew?” We knew. Why hadn’t we said something? I wanted to tell administration to get him back, now. Hit rewind and do the right thing you guys. Why did you let him leave? And part of me thinks that he also may be asking himself “why did I leave?” Time does funny things. I recall asking myself why life seems so much clearer in the rear-view mirror than it does at the time. I suppose it’s always that way, unless you are one of those who was simply born wise, born clairvoyant, but most of us are not. Time machines are funny, too. For all intents and purposes, that is what any reunion is. And you expect blatant change, and you are surprised and puzzled when it’s not there, not really. As the night went on, I kept thinking of Sinatra singing “My Way” as I talked to my old friends and caught up. We all had made the “big” shift – reached that
summit that in so many ways was nothing like what we had expected. The 50year span had taken us instantly from wide-eyed adolescents in that learning, playing, testing, loving and struggling mode to now past that “all everything, all-encompassing conquering mode – the “raison d’ etre” – careers, with all the sound and fury, and onto “what’s next,” in the blink of an eye. That was probably what affected me most, and Sinatra’s song, albeit not so much the banality and the regret, seemed to tell that story. “My way” perhaps was not really the way most of us traveled those 50 years, and now, at our second “at bat” we are finally figuring it out – and today, the present, “now” – comes more clearly into focus as the real mountain we should have been summiting all the while. My classmates and I are now on to post-career life. I am sure it will be interesting, and I guess time will tell, as the next reunion, of course, is only 5 years away.
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Enrollment: Continued from Page 1 Fulton. The last occurred in 2011 with the opening of Cambridge High School 2012. Declining enrollment over the past decade across the North Fulton region has led to some schools near capacity while other schools are half full. “Once upon a time everybody was very familiar with all of our [redistricting] policies,” McCain said, noting the early 2000s when rising enrollment meant redistricting occurred frequently. “We’re going to listen to what the communities are saying…so this is your chance to be heard.”
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Haynes Bridge and Holcomb Bridge middle schools are among the older schools in the Alpharetta/Roswell region. Combined, the two schools have fewer than 1,250 students – nearly half other area middle schools – and aging infrastructure in need of upgrades. Chief Operations Officer Noel Maloof said Fulton Schools is looking at a variety of options for the two schools in the five-year capital plan. For Holcomb Bridge the options include rebuilding the school for a smaller student capacity. A second op-
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Redistricting process timeline Redistricting Process Board presentation – August 2022 Community input at community meetings •Round One (Sept. 13 at Alpharetta High School) •Overview of redistricting process; small-group input sessions •Initial alternative attendance zone plans developed •Round Two (Oct. 4 at Alpharetta High School) •Alternative plans reviewed, small group sessions for public comment. •Staff condenses attendance zone plans based on public input. •Round Three (Oct. 18 at Alpharetta High School) •Community members review plans; provide input in small-group sessions •Staff develops attendance zone recommendations for Board consideration. Final Recommendation •Nov. 8 - First Read (Board presentation of map for attendance zone changes) •Dec. 15 - Final Action (Board Members vote on final attendance zone changes) tion is converting it into a K-8 academy and combining its enrollment with neighboring elementary schools. For Haynes Bridge, the options include updating critical systems, but basically leaving it “as is” until the next capital plan in five years. A third option would be to combine Holcomb Bridge and Haynes Bridge into one traditional middle school and expanding the attendance zone. These ideas will be included in the redistricting process conversations within the community to gather input, Maloof noted. “We must first consider how decisions will improve student academic
outcomes,” Maloof said. “We also need to be aware of the responsibility we have to be good stewards of taxpayer resources...and make sure decisions are [made] with community input.” He said this year’s redistricting effort is accelerated from past processes to ensure attendance zones are finalized by the end of the year. Families will be notified of any changes in early 2023. Rising fifth and eighth graders, along with 10th, 11th and 12th graders, can remain at their current school if rezoned but are responsible for their own transportation.
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JUST LISTED 1614 6 B E L F O R D D R I V E
MILTON, GEORGIA 30004
7 BEDS | 7 FULL BATHS | 2 HALF BATHS | $3,750,000
THE MANOR GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB Sophisticated style and award-winning builder in Milton’s popular Manor Golf and Country Club. Absolutely stunning home overlooking the seventeenth fairway and features soaring twelve-foot ceilings, an open floorplan, owner’s suite on main, covered patio with fireplace, two kitchens, finished terrace level, wine cellar, and infinity edge saline pool and two laundry centers. The main floor features a large kitchen with oversized island, marble countertops, a professional forty eight inch gas range, and built-in refrigerator/freezer; drop zone/mud room with custom cabinet doors and sitting bench; a secondary kitchen with oven/cooktop, refrigerator, and walk-in pantry; wine cellar and bar with beverage cooler. The second floor includes four ensuite secondary bedrooms; a large open foyer and media room with built-in entertainment center, and upstairs laundry center. Terrace level features two en-suite guest bedrooms, gym, large great room with cabinetry and beverage center, golf simulator and access to the outdoor pool and patio. The outdoor area is breathtaking with limestone style pool decking, sheer decent saline pool, outdoor grill kitchen with bar seating and covered patio. Styled to perfection this home shows like a model and will certainly please the most particular buyers.
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