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Monday, November 6, 2006
How Should Sandy Springs be remembered ?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In honor of the City of Sandy Springs’ first birthday, non-profit group Heritage Sandy Springs will create a time capsule that captures Sandy Springs in 2006. City officials will bury the historic treasure on Dec. 1 (the city’s birthday) and 25 years from now someone will dig it up to closely examine the relics inside.
For now, NorthSide.Talk wants to know what you think should go inside the time capsule? Perhaps it’s a Banks and Shane CD or maybe even a shiny Sandy Springs Police Department badge –what says present-day Sandy Springs to you?
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Can Fulton, Johns Creek share school site?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The 42-acre lot at Medlock Bridge and State Bridge roads that was purchased by the Fulton County Board of Education could be used for more than just a high school if the school board and Johns Creek leaders would sit and talk. (“Johns Creek loses City Hall site to Fulton schools,� AJC Metro News, Oct. 10, 2006.)
Simply put, there is room there for everyone.
The land could be used for a Johns Creek City Center that could include City Hall, a justice center, including the police station and municipal courts, with the centerpiece being a high school dedicated to excellence in education. This high school could be the “Ivy� of high schools.
The school could be totally focused on education comprising arts and sciences; and since the school would be dedicated to education and getting students into the top schools in the country, it would not need sports complexes or massive fields. This school could pull in the brightest of the bright. I challenge the new city leaders and school officials to shine and deliver.
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