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caucus and are used to send
information en masse to mem¬
bers.
Today in my committee
meeting,” Hamilton said, “I
probably received and sent 50
PIN messages. Sometimes you
do it to people across the room.”
Being constantly attached to
technology has its disadvan¬
tages, however.
During important meetings,
while driving or during vaca¬
tion, the demand for a quick
response to a text can be more
of a burden than a blessing.
There are times you just
need to not have it,” Hamilton
said. “I leave it in the car when I
go into an important meeting.”
Hamilton, who also owns
two businesses, said having the
ability to quickly communicate
with his employees is just one
more benefit that outweighs the
obligation.
■ My staff knows that they
can get a message to me quick¬
ly, where in the past, they might
have left a voicemail,” he said.
It’s much more difficult to
obtain a voicemail than it is a
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filed tomorrow to stop it. That’s
something to be aware of.”
The Etowah River has
become an increasingly popu¬
lar choice for reservoirs.
The Cobb County-Marietta
Water Authority and city of
Canton are working on build¬
ing one on the Etowah in near¬
by Cherokee County.
Dawson County also is
moving forward with plans to
build a reservoir on the
Etowah.
During the meeting, County
Manager Rhonda O’Connor
urged all five state delegates to
write letters supporting
Forsyth’s efforts to obtain the
grant.
District 24 state Rep. Tom
Knox encouraged commission¬
ers to seek out other ways to
get water.
We’ve got a good deal of
stormwater runoff in this coun-
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text message. It’s also easier in
most cases to set up a time to
talk.”
Not everyone in the business
community is jumping onto the
texting bandwagon, however.
Attorney Kevin Tallant said
he just hasn’t bothered to learn it.
People actually text me
more than I text message any¬
one else,” he said. “Typically I
call them back.
(& 1 think they’ve kind of
picked up on the fact that I don’t
text message very much. So
when they send me a text,
they’re really not looking for a
response ... They’re just telling
me something I don’t know or if
they have a question, they tell
me to call them.
Tallant said his phone is also
outdated and cell phones aren’t
allowed to be turned on in court.
“When my daughter is a
teenager and when she starts.
text messaging me, I’m sure I’ll
start,” he said.
V. But she’s only 3, so I’ve got
a while.
E-mail Jennifer Sami atjen
nifersami@forsythnews.com.
ty,” Knox said. “I think we
need to start looking at how to
capture some of that. "
Grant money for an Etowah
reservoir project could be
available from the state,
although Perkins expressed
doubt over the competitive
nature of the application
process.
On July 22, commissioners
voted to apply for a $3.5 mil¬
lion grant from the Georgia
Environmental Facilities
Authority. Funds could be put
toward the reservoir project,
estimated to cost about $14
million and cover about 180
acres. *
Statewide, $40 million is
available to aid in the construc¬
tion of water supply projects,
reservoirs and innovative water
conservation projects.
However, Perkins said the
application process is “slanted
File photo
District 23 state Rep. Mark Hamilton,
pictured at the state Capitol, said he
uses texting both in the political and
business arenas.
more toward projects ... that are
already two or three years into
the process” of procuring a
reservoir and permit for the
reservoir.
“These other projects
already knew where their fund¬
ing was going to come from,
Perkins said.
Perkins added that he hopes
the state will soon be able to
fund reservoir projects in earli¬
er stages, “not after you’ve
already got your permit. That’s
sort of upside down, in my
opinion.
Murphy agreed with
Perkins that securing a portion
of the $40 million in grant
money could be difficult.
You’re going to have 159
counties trying to get some of
this money,” Murphy said. “It’s
not going to go a long way.”
E-mail Frank Reddy at
frankreddy @ forsythnews. com.
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move to Whitlow Elementary, Otwell
Middle and Forsyth Central High.
Earlier this year, the board delayed
their decision on the final draft of the
redistricting map until after the start of the
2008-09 school year to allow for a more
accurate count of student enrollment.
Also at Thursday’s meeting, board
members discussed the standards-based
grading scale, now known as Grade Plus.
Fourth-graders at six Forsyth County
elementary schools will participate this
year in the pilot project, which was recent¬
ly expanded from a three-point to a four
point scale.
First- through third-graders at all coun¬
ty elementary schools are measured on a
three-point scale.
Parents will receive dual report cards
reflecting traditional grades as well as
Grade Plus scores.
In a presentation to the board,
Associate Superintendent Lissa
Pijanowski and Elementary Education
Director Fonda Harrison explained how
Grade Plus works.
Harrison said teachers will provide
regular evaluations to gauge their stu¬
dents’ performance through two types of
assessments — formative and summative.
Formative assessments and observa¬
tions will measure daily progress.
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Summative assessments are cumula¬
tive with several standards included for
students to master.
The formative assessments involve
students being given both traditional
numeric grades and Grade Plus scores for
those assignments.
For example, students who score 95 to
100 percent on an assignment will receive
a 4. ' ** • ♦
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Four is mastery, but it gives the
opportunity for them to miss a question
here or there and still have mastered that
standard,” Harrison said.
‘Teachers will actually record both the
percentage grade and they will also assign
a 1,2,3,4.”
Summative evaluations will be made
four or five times per grading period,
Harrison said.
“Those assessments will receive only a
traditional numeric grade,” she said.
“These will be sent home and parents
will have access to them online as well as
in a paper format.
Teachers will assign a traditional
numeric grade and Grade Plus score for
both types of assessments, she said.
The board is scheduled to meet again
at 6 p.m. Thursday.
E-mail Julie Arrington at juliearring
ton @forsythnews.com.