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City seeks grant to help subsidize scenic river path By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs officials approved an application Feb. 18 for a National Park Service grant to help fund a portion of the city’s Springway Trail Loop near the Chattahoochee River. Applications for the federal Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant, which requires matching local funding, will be handled in Georgia through the Department of Natural Resources. The Springway Trail Loop is a 5-mile path connecting the Morgan Falls Overlook to wooded and riverfront landscape to the southeast. Plans call for addressing the project in five segments. The grant application would help fund construction administration of Section 2C which runs along the river from Morgan Falls to Grogans Ferry Road. Total cost of the segment is estimated at $13.9 million, and the grant application is for $6.9 million. The city currently has $3 million available in its budget for a match. Segment 2A of the loop is slated for completion later this month. The about 1.6-mile-long 2C segment runs along the Chattahoochee River, through a forested area adjacent to apartments and neighborhoods.
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Community members await a decision about school closures at the Fulton County School Board meeting Feb. 20.
Fulton Board votes down effort to salvage elementary schools By SARAH COYNE sarah@appenmedia.com
Ada Shope, Spalding Drive Elementary second grader, holds up a poster she made to support her school at the Fulton County School Board meeting Feb. 20.
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The six-month fight to save Spalding Drive Elementary School in Sandy Springs and Parklane Elementary in East Point went down in a split decision Feb. 20. The Fulton County School Board voted 4-3 to follow recommendations from district planning officials to close the two schools, citing low enrollment and the state of the buildings. Parents and children donning matching T -shirts, sat in the district’s South Learning Center in Union City, awaiting the decision after more than four hours of public comment
and board member discussion. Supporters in the audience made a final, desperate plea at the meeting to save the two schools. “We wouldn't even be talking about Spalding Drive if it wasn't for our teachers and our staff,” Kim Parkman, a Spalding Drive parent and PTO member said. “So, the reason why I want to bring them up is not just to celebrate them, but also I just urge you that the next time this happens, please include them, because we know how hard it is to find teachers.” Sandy Springs City Councilwoman Jody Reichel blasted the School Board for its handling of the matter.
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