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Teacher Connie Dyer, left, helps Kayla Payne with an assignment
Wednesday at Forsyth Academy.
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Salloum said during the
retreat. “If Forsyth
Academy is still a charter
school, it won't look very
good because they won’t
be graduating kids in
pathways.”
Academy students cur
rently have access only to
a business pathway. If the
school were to become a
program, however, stu
dents could access nearly
30 choices, including
engineering, hospitality,
cosmetology and market
ing.
“Not every kid in the
world wan' husiness
pathway,” .oum lid.
“If it’s nc pusiness, it’s
not sometaing we can do
at Forsyth Academy, then
they will be enrolled in
that particular course they
need at their base school.”
There are still a few
kinks to sort out, accord
ing to Salloum. Principal
Brad Smith is working
with other school leaders
to figure out the logistics,
especially since students
who attend the academy
must provide their own
transportation.
There’s also the issue of
whether students would
continue to graduate from
the academy or their base
school, and which
school’s name would be
appear on the diploma.
Salloum said these
questions will be
answered by the 2013-14
school year, when the
changes likely would take
place.
If the academy becomes
a program, other possible
changes mentioned by
Salloum include having
fewer restrictions on the
number of students and
opening enrollment to
those who’ve at least
attempted ninth grade.
Under the existing
setup, students must be 16
or older to enroll in the
academy.
The school’s current
student population stands
at 79, but there are about
another 25 on a waiting
list, largely because
enrollment occurs in
January or at the begin
ning of a school year.
Under the proposal,
Im I CONSTRUCTION
A -JOINT VYENTURE
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
The Turner / Winter Joint Venture will accept Qualifications until 12:00 p.m.. Friday,
January 25, 2013, for the following on the Forsyth County Courthouse and Detention
Center Project:
Design Assist Preconstruction Services for Mechanical and Plumbing
Design Assist Preconstruction Services for Electrical
Design Assist Preconstruction Services for Security Electronics
Design Assist Preconstruction Services for Concrete Structure
Design Assist Preconstruction Services for Detention Equipment
Design Assist Preconstruction Services for Precast Parking Deck
Firms must to be short-listed in order to receive a Request for Proposal to bid on the
scopes of work listed above. No other work on_the Forsyth County Courthouse dnd
The RFQ may be downloaded from the Forsyth County Procurement Department. Please
visit the website, www.forsythco.com, on the right hand side click on “Bids & Results”
and follow the dircctions provided. The RFQ may also be picked up Monday thru
Friday, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM at:
Turner / Winter Joint Venture
3560 Lenox Road, Suite 1100
Atlanta, GA 30326.
The envelopes containing responses to the RFQ must be sealed and delivered to Turner /
Winter at the address above by 12:00 p.m., Friday, January 25, 2013. E-mailed
submissions will not be accepted.
Qualifications received will become the property of Turner / Winter.
All guestions are to be directed to Gary Chichester (gchichester@tcco.com; Fax 404-504-
3719). All questions arc to be received not later than seven (7) days before the due date of
the Qualification.
Gary Chichester
Procurement Manager
Turner / Winter Joint Venture
good opportunity for kids
in all directions.”
Salloum said, there would
be rolling enrollment,
which would mean stu
dents could start at any
time.
Salloum is filling out
paperwork to terminate
the charter and turn the
academy into a program.
The school board likely
will vote on the measure
next month. State approv
al is also required.
Pathway options aside,
Salloum said “what will
be different at the Forsyth
Academy is negligible to
the particular students on
a daily basis.”
“We'll still call it the
Forsyth Academy, we’ll
just drop off anything that
has to do with the word
charter.” she said. “It’s a
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P reparations have begun to demolish structures on the
site of Forsyth County's future new courthouse in
downtown Cumming. Workers have surrounded the
site with mesh fencing and no trespassing signs, and the
brick pavers in front of the old sheriff’s building have been
removed. The structures to be demolished include the park
ing deck at East Main and Mason streets, and adjacent
buildings across Veterans Memorial Boulevard from the
existing courthouse. A small building on the site of the new
jail will also be razed.
Once started, the demolition process likely will last about
45 days. It's being handled by Industrial Facilities Solutions
of Gainesville. Work is scheduled to occur from about 7
a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Sidewalks near the
site will close as needed throughout the course of the proj
ect. And while no extended road closures are expected,
intermittent lane closures on the streets surrounding the
parking deck may be needed.
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