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School budget spending details draw comments at Milton forum By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com
students Olivia Bernard, Maggie Dowd, Reagan Forkey, Yoseop Han, Heather Hutmacher, Grace McGehee and McKeith McIlhinney provided the written evidence in the exhibit. Secretary of State ambassadors Brady Carnsesale, Neha Gurram, Alisha Kohli, Varsha Nirmal, Tiffany Obasohan, Lakshana Ramanan, Aria Smith, Nicholas Stone and Shruthi Balachander contributed to the project’s oral history evidence. Obasohan, whose group was responsible for interviews with
MILTON, Ga. — Fulton County District 2 School Board member Lillie Pozatek held a community meeting on April 18 where educators and community members gathered at Hopewell Middle School in Milton to hear details on the school district’s proposed 2023-2024 budget. Pozatek, who represents areas of Alpharetta and Milton said the meeting was also an opportunity to get feedback from her district on the proposed 2023-24 budget, rounding out at about $1.1 billion. “I know this is a team effort, I am here to represent you,” Pozatek said. Fulton County Schools Chief Financial Officer Marvin Dereef presented the budget, which is scheduled to be adopted on June 6. The budget has been discussed at previous school board meetings, and it calls for employees to receive a 7 percent salary increase for the 2023-2024 school year. Dereef said the compensation increase is the highlight to the budget, because “we’re in a competitive market” with neighboring school districts in
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Secretary of State Ambassador Tiffany Obasohan displays her team’s work at the “Same Storm, Different Boats” exhibit at Northview High School April 19. Obasohan and fellow ambassadors handled interviews with judicial and public officials, as well as education and government leaders.
Johns Creek students host exhibit chronicling area’s COVID history By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Student Leadership Johns Creek showcased the experience of COVID-19 through a community lens in a studentled “Same Storm, Different Boats” exhibit at Northview High School April 19. Students from four area schools demonstrated their August 2022-March 2023 research through photos, interviews and collaborative projects in the Northview High
School food court on Parsons Road. Guests toured the exhibit, which featured interviews with first responders and community public servants, COVID in the local media and firsthand experiences on color coordinated poster boards. Students from Northview High School Katie Bernard, Hasini Bollampalli, Neha Gurram, Riya Havanur, Irene Huang, Rohan Mistry and Yatihya Sahoo were responsible for audio visual evidence of the project. Johns Creek High School
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