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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Weekend Edition-September 2-3, 2022 FORSYTHNEWS.COM
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Parents address FCS about response to incident
Deputy removed mom from bus Aug. 15
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
A dozen parents living in the
Bridgetowne subdivision recently
signed a letter critical of the response of
Forsyth County Schools and the Forsyth
County Sheriff’s Office to a parent who
boarded a Coal Mountain Elementary
School bus and would not leave.
The issues began on Monday, Aug.
15, when a mother reportedly stepped
onto a bus in the Bridgetowne subdivi
sion demanding that her children be let
off at a different stop than the one they
were assigned to, a violation of Forsyth
County Schools policy.
At the time, FCS spokeswoman
Jennifer Caracciolo explained that for
safety reasons, the district does not
allow students to get off the bus at any
stop other than the one assigned for that
child. The district also doesn’t allow
adults, parents or guardians onto a
school bus.
Two transportation staff members
from Forsyth County Schools were on
the bus and followed district safety mea
sures, according to Caracciolo. When
the mother continued to refuse to leave
the bus, the staff members contacted the
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Photos by Sabrina Kerns Forsyth County News
Susan Perdue works with a regular customer, cutting his hair while taking the time to talk
with him and read his lips using the mirror in front of them.
Hairstylist proves
doubters wrong,
reaches management
level at Great Clips
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
A school counselor once told Susan
Perdue that she “could never be a hairstyl
ist” because she is deaf.
“Everybody comes in for a hair color
and talks, and you wouldn’t be able to do
it,” she remembered her counselor saying.
But the now wife and mother of two
decided to follow her dream anyway.
Today, she is the salon manager of the
Great Clips on Freedom Parkway in
Cumming, working as the sole deaf leader
for a company employing more than
40,000 stylists across the United States.
Perdue said she has always loved the
company. She and her family always went
to a Great Clips salon to get haircuts when
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Susan Perdue stands outside of the Great Clips
salon she manages in Forsyth County located at
2623 Freedom Parkway.
Jim Dean Forsyth County News
Firefighters put their gear away as they clear
the scene of a pedestrian accident on 8-31-
2022 near Forsyth Central High School.
Woman struck
by vehicle near
Forsyth Central
High School
Victim transported to North Fulton
Hospital, was not student at school
From Staff Reports
Officials with the Forsyth County Traffic
Specialist Unit, along with Cumming Police are
investigating a pedestrian accident near Forsyth
Central High School Wednesday morning.
Cumming Police Chief David Marsh said the
woman was crossing Elm Street going southbound
on the sidewalk along Bettis-Tribble Gap Road. She
had just passed Forsyth Central High School and
was in the crosswalk when she was struck, accord
ing to Marsh.
“We see this too often,” Marsh said. “People in
Cumming, and in most of Forsyth in fact, just aren’t
used being around pedestrian traffic.”
Marsh said the victim may have been out for a
morning jog, and that she was not a student at any
of the nearby schools.
The victim was taken to North Fulton Regional
Hospital for treatment, and her condition has not
been released at this time.
As of press time, no charges were pending.
Women United brings female leaders together to network, empower others
By Sabrina Kerns
skerns@forsythnews.com
Officials with the United Way of
Forsyth County recently invited women
from throughout the community to come
together for an afternoon of finding inspi
ration, support and guidance in the world
of business.
The group of more than 100 women
gathered at the Forsyth Conference
Center on Friday, Aug. 26, make up
Women United, a group chartered by
United Way in 2019 to bring a diverse
group of female leaders together.
Cheryl Kearny, a board member of
United Way, welcomed the group and
reminded them that the event was meant
to encourage each other’s success.
“Our goal today is to make sure that we
provide the time and the space for candid
conversations about challenges and myths
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United Way Executive
Director Ruth Goode
speaks a group of
female leaders from
throughout Forsyth
at LanierTech on
Friday, Aug. 26.
Sabrina Kerns
Forsyth County News
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