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Officials update patrons on school safety efforts BY ADAM DARBY newsroom@appenmedia.com
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Bridget Lawlor, CIS manager for Sandy Springs, presents a slide comparing tree canopy coverage in Sandy Springs (55 to 58 percent) to other cities in the Atlanta metro area at the City Council’s work session Sept. 19.
MILTON, Ga. — Northwestern Middle School held a community meeting at 9:30 a.m., Sept. 14 in the school’s media center. The meeting was presented by Fulton County School Board members Lillie Pozatek and Katha Stuart to update parents and faculty on the police department’s latest safety and security measures and the current layout of the 2024-2025 school year calendar. The gathering opened with a musical performance from the school’s choir before Fulton County Schools Police Chief
Mark Sulborski spoke on weapon detection testing. “We have a new technology coming to the district,” Sulborski said. “We’re going to actually be implementing something that is better than the traditional type of metal detector. It’s a mass detector…It’s going to be all self-contained, we set it up, we’ll funnel everyone that’s coming into your school into one, pack it up, and leave… We’re not creating a new wheel. We’re basing it on what other people have done and have been very successful with.”
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Sandy Springs drives bid to preserve tree canopy By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs is deploying a new tool to preserve its tree canopy, which new studies show has been in the decline over recent years. Sandy Springs Urban Forest Coordinator William Park provided the City Council with recommendations to address tree canopy loss at a work session Sept. 19. Park, formerly with Trees Atlanta and the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources, was brought on in November to coordinate and direct the city’s tree fund, which was created under the development code to preserve and enhance tree canopy. Park’s presentation had two main points: There are current limitations to tree fund usage in Sandy Springs, as well as recommendations for how those limitations can be overcome. Tree fund usage, which funds Park’s
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Fulton County School Board members Katha Stuart, left, and Lillie Pozatek speak to patrons about next year’s school calendar and the police department’s latest safety and security measures.