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SEPTEMBER 2020 • VOL. 14 — NO. 9 reporternewspapers.net Sandy Springs Reporter EDUCATION GUIDE FALL 2020 VIRTUAL SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS ► Q&As WITH LOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS WORTH KNOWING Theater groups aim to stage pandemic comebacks P18 AROUND TOWN Geoigia spreads its wings pw COMMENTARY Basic needs of teachers and students must be met P16 Springs Reporter is mail delivered to homes on selected carrier routes in ZIPs 30327,30328, 30342 and 30350 For information: delivery@reporternewspapers.net SI# liuxied VO ‘eojuo|A| aivd e6eisod sn SSMy03 aislysyd y3i/\ioisno ivisod CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS The potential for a scenic vista can be seen in this existing site plan for the Northridge shopping center, along with its unusual shape and configuration that doesn’t front on Roswell Road. Access to both Roswell and Northridge roads is shown. Episcopal school buys shuttered church BY BOB PEPALIS Brookhaven’s St. Martin’s Episcopal School has purchased the shuttered High- point Episcopal Community Church and is seeking to use it as a school or daycare. The COVID-19 pandemic has stalled plans to continue the process in trying to get a special use permit for the new use of the property at 4945 High Point Road. “In the short term, it falls in line with what that space has been used for in the past. It served the community, it served young families on and off. And we are going to continue to do the same,” said Luis Ottley, head of school for St. Martin’s. See EPISCOPAL on page 20 BY BOB PEPALIS Sandy Springs’ Northridge Shopping Center could be remade as a mixed-use community ranging from 58 to 718 hous ing units and buildings three to 10 stories tall, according to redevelopment concepts presented by consultants in a virtual meet ing on Aug. 13. The presentation to the North End Re vitalization Advisory Committee was the first of four such concepts for shopping centers along Roswell Road commissioned in December by the city as part of its quest to spark redevelopment of the North End. Stated goals for the North End include: ■ Ensure a variety of housing options to accommodate all types of residences. See CITY on page 21
