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DEL.ICIO.USFulton school board plans high school on Freemanville Road
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A north Fulton property once proposed as the site of a private Christian school has been bought by the Fulton County school system for a new high school.
Al Nash, who is one of the current owners, confirmed Wednesday that the school board has purchased 116 acres along Freemanville Road, close to the historic Crabapple crossroads.
School board member Katie Reeves, who represents north Fulton, said the county plans to build a high school on the property. Other details were not immediately available.
The property was formerly proposed as the site for King’s Ridge Christian School, but neighbors fought a multi-year legal battle to keep the school and accompanying traffic from their quiet, rural neighborhood of estate-sized lots.
The land is located in what is now the city of Milton.
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By Temura Bly
April 5, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
For a true local perspective on this story, check out the Milton Forums on www.accessmilton.com today!
By DocGator
April 8, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this
Boy, I know the neighbors are gonna wish they’d OK’d that private school. Wait till they get a load of a Fulton County public school.
By speakurmind
April 8, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this
Local perspective? All you’ve done is repost the AJC story. I can read that here. Oh, and your comments, since you work for them.
By Here we go again
April 9, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this
“Engage the community”? Right. Don’t you mean kick out the community? Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t this the same branch of government that kicked residents out of their homes because the old Milton High School was “not fit for students”, goes and builds a new school to the tune of $70 million tax payer dollars when it was supposed to be $40 million, and then shuttles the inner city problem kids via Marta to the old school that originally wasn’t “fit for students”? It should also be noted that of that proposed $40 million dollar budget, the sale of the old Milton High was suppose to cover $20 million. Lies, lies, and more lies. Still happy you voted for SPLOST? It sounds like we will be losing another horse farm as well; all be cause the Board of Education has no one to answer to. One has to wonder why zoning and public education don’t converse on a regular basis. Do they not impact one another directly? How would Miss Reeves feel if loud high school was slammed in next to her. Then again, how would she feel if the government kicked her out of her home due to that branch’s lack of planning?