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School system hires contractors to build three schools in SPLOST project
By Laura Boggs
Staff Writer
The school board isn’t wasting
any time getting started with pro
jects that will be funded by a
penny sales tax, which was passed
by Forsyth County voters March
18.
Contractors have been hired for
INCIDENT REPORTS
The following incidents were
reported to the Forsyth County
Sheriff’s office for the period end
ing April 4:
A dog trap belonging to the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s office
was stolen from 2115 Pinetree
Rd. between March 31 - April 2.
The trap had been set to catch
strays. It is valued at $125.
A Browning 30-06 rifle was
reportedly stolen from 2886
Atlanta Hwy. on April 2. The
weapon is valued at $650.
Someone reportedly stole a box
bf costume jewelry, a Kenmore
microwave, a Magnavox color
television, and a Magnavox com
pact disc player from 7470 Wits-
End Dr. on April 2. The items are
valued at $690.
OFFICE from 2A
same corridor.
Col. Tommy Townsend will be
in the Sheriff’s old office located
in the administrative office at the
jail.
Jail administrator Maj. Larry
Black will now have an office in
the jail.
Black’s office had been located
in the Uniform Patrol Division
building.
In addition, payroll workers and
other secretarial staff will have
more room in the administrative
offices.
“We had the building and we
need the space,” said Hendrix.
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three schools being built with
sales tax revenues. By negotiating
with companies that have done
recent work in the county and
using the same designs, the school
board will save a total of $1.2 mil
lion on the projected costs of
building primary (kindergarten
through second grade) schools at
Big Creek and Chestatee elemen-
A 1968 Johnson motor was
stolen out of the front yard on
1004 Haw Creek Dr. between
March 29 - April 1. It is valued at
S4OO.
A ,25-caliber automatic hand
gun was stolen from 6375
Browns Bridge Rd. between Jan
27 - April 1. The gun was hidden
between two mattresses.
Someone reportedly broke into a
toolbox in the back of a pickup
truck parked at the Charleston
Park boat ramp on April 3. $856
worth of tools were taken.
A gold Rolex watch and several
firearms were stolen from 4645
Fowler Trail between 6:30 a.m. -
6:40 p.m. on April 3. The house
was reportedly unlocked. The
items are valued at $8,850.
“We are still short on office
space, but this will help.”
Maj. Ron Casper, who handles
financial matters for the Sheriff’s
office, currently has his secretary
and an assistant deputy in his
office.
Hendrix said the move will put
the Sheriff’s office in a more pro
fessional setting.
He hopes to have phone lines
and fax lines connected by the
end of the week, but the numbers
will not change.
Anyone who needs to contact
the Sheriff can still call 781-2222.
tary campuses and a middle
school on Post Road.
The school board voted
Thursday night to use J. Kinson
Cook Inc. for the primary schools
and Ra-Lin & Associates for the
middle school.
The three schools will open in
August 1998.
Building a facility for
Crossroads Alternative Middle
Private school will make Forsyth County its new home
By Sheri Toomey
Staff Writer
Forsyth County will be the
future home of Pinecrest
Academy currently located in
Dunwoody.
Logos of Georgia, Inc. was
granted rezoning approval for a
50 acre campus on State Route
141 for the private Christian
school by the board of commis
sioners in March.
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and High School, now housed in
trailers, is a top priority. The
school is also scheduled to be fin
ished by August 1998.
Other Phase I projects include
renovations at the North Forsyth
and South Forsyth campuses and
Forsyth Central High School.
Central will get a whole new look,
with interior renovations and a
front office addition being done
“We believe the quality of life in
Forsyth County, the employment
base along Ga. 400 and State
Route 14l as well as the shopping
opportunities and residential com
ponent make it an ideal location
for the school,” said Bruce
Carlisle, one of the board of
directors for Pinecrest Academy.
Plans for the campus include a
gymnasium and indoor swimming
facilities, a football stadium, a
soccer field, two baseball dia-
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Sunday, April 6,199 T -
this summer.
The design of a four-classroom
addition at Otwell Middle will
begin in October.
Some other minor renovations at
area campuses will be tackled this
summer, but most sales tax-fund
ed renovations will be done in the
summer of 1998, said Steve
Tomlinson, facilities director for
Forsyth County schools.
monds, and a chapel. The pro
posed design will accommodate a
preschool, an elementary school,
and high school.
A preschool through eighth
grade facility is intended for the
first phase of the project.
“The goal is to open the
preschool and elementary school
in Sept. 1998,” said Carlisle.
The high school and athletic
facilities will be built as soon as
funding permits.
The other four schools to be
built with the five-year sales tax 1
will be done as revenues come in.
Tomlinson said by moving
quickly on sales tax projects,
Forsyth County will beat an antic
ipated inflation in construction
costs. More than 60 Georgia
school systems passed 1 percent
sales taxes in March and will start
building programs.
The location is near Big Creek
Elementary School and South
Forsyth High School both located
on State Route 141.
Pinecrest Academy currently
has 120 students at their
Dunwoody location and will soon
exceed their enrollment capacity.
Presently in their fourth year of
operation, Pinecrest Academy is
affiliated with more than 60
schools in the United States and
abroad.
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