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from the Public Forum |
Allatoona High School - 1st Board Public Forum
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 @ Kennesaw
Mountain H. S. - 7:00 p.m.
NOTE - No maps will be presented at this
meeting
The following issues were items of concern to the
public speakers:
Safety on Highway 41 and Mars Hill Road
All Brookstone Subdivisions do not necessarily want to
attend Allatoona
AP and Honors classes at new high school
Transportation time and distance
Hedgerose Subdivision wish to remain at Harrison
Children had three changes in nine years
Look into providing transportation to those students who
choose to remain
Student population at North Cobb High School
Work with Cobb County Commission to improve roads
Classroom capacity driven by House Bill 1187
Extracurricular activities offered at new school
Picketts Mill Elementary - 1st Board Public Forum
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 @ Durham Middle School - 7:00 p.m.
NOTE - No maps will be presented at this
meeting
The following issues were items of concern to the
public speakers:
Keep neighborhoods in tact
Safety issues
Build onto Vaughan ES property for growth
Follow Rule JC
Brookstone is a strong community with strong ties to
Ford Elementary School
Dividing neighborhoods interferes with community
interaction
Hickory Springs Subdivision wants to stay at Vaughan ES
Hedgerose Subdivision wants to stay at Ford ES
Create shorter bus distance for students
Distance is a factor
Dont divide Camden Point Subdivision
Dont divide Brookstone Subdivision
Plan out 5 years and do it right the first time
Address Hayes E. S. overcrowding
Allatoona High School - 2nd Board Public Forum
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 @ Harrison High School - 7:00 p.m.
The following issues were items of concern to the
public speakers:
Traffic concerns at Mars Hill and Old Stilesboro Rd.
- no traffic light
Safety on Highway 41 and Mars Hill Road
Maps would break up Brookstone I neighborhood
Disregard for sense of neighborhood
Transportation time and distance between home and
school
Overtaxed infrastructure
Submit a Map C
Direct feeder pattern when possible
Maps A & B will have McClure MS feeding into three
different high schools (only MS in County)
Submit a Map C to keep Hunt Club and Autumn Wood
at Kennesaw Mountain HS to preserve community
Send Brookstone III to Allatoona HS instead of
Brookstone I
Brookstone III is happy with maps - dont change them
Northwind Subdivision supports Map B
Brookstone I should all go to same high school
- whichever that is
Student population at North Cobb High School has
increased every year - map should have been weighted
to look at future growth
Maps A & B do not consider safety
Old Stilesboro Road not suited for considerable
congestion
Proposed maps place students further from parents in
case of emergency
Maps A & B do not support feeder patterns
Maps negatively affect sense of community
Map boundaries do not follow roads
Plans do not equalize size of high schools
When Hillgrove redistricting took place, Heritage Oaks
Subdivision, divided by Dallas Highway, was allowed to
stay together - why not Brookstone I?
Picketts Mill Elementary - 2nd Board Public Forum
Thursday, May 3, 2007 @
Harrison High School - 7:00 p.m.
The following issues were items of concern to the
public speakers:
Autumn Wood and Hunt Club Subdivisions want to remain
at Bullard
Some neighborhoods have been redistricted eight times
in ten years
Keep neighborhoods in tact
Safety issues
Entire neighborhoods will provide transportation for their
students using the grandfather rule
Brookstone I opposes both maps - draw third map
Remington Ridge will use grandfather rule to keep their
children at Ford
Neighborhoods remaining together foster cohesiveness
Additional fuel costs
Continuity of instruction
Brookstone I is strong community with strong ties to
Ford ES
Dividing neighborhoods interferes with community
interaction
Hedgerose Subdivision wants to stay at Ford ES - draw
third map
Allow all rising kindergarten students to go to their new
school 2007-08 school year
Create shorter bus distance for students
Distance is a factor
Old English Lake Subdivision wants to stay at Ford
Dont divide Brookstone I Subdivision
Picketts Mill Elementary -
3rd Board Public Forum
Tuesday, May 15,
2007, @ Hillgrove High School - 6:00 p.m.
The following issues were items of concern to the
public speakers:
Amberwood Creek Subdivision
Bullard, not Frey
Draw new map for Brookstone I to remain at Ford
Current maps have nothing to do with public opinion
Some of Brookstone supports Map #1
Remington Ridge parents will grandfather in if redistricted
to Picketts Mill
Saddlebrook Farms - put them with Burnt Hickory
Registry
Ford under capacity
Splitting Brookstone will impact property value
Keep Brookstone neighborhood contiguous
Olde Hickory Bluffs - Bullard, not Frey
Student safety issues
Hunt Club - 60 students in subdivision. Bullard, not Lewis
Redistricted six times in eight years
Congested roads
Consider other alternatives to current maps
Put Brookstone at Ford and Hunt Club/Autumn Woods at
Bullard
Traffic problems along Stilesboro Road and Old
Stilesboro Road
Draw a third map
Expand both Ford and Vaughan - leave subdivisions
alone until expansion
Hunt Club/Amberwood Chase chose Bullard because of
test scores - not Lewis
Congested roads when all these people take advantage
of grandfather rule
Entire neighborhoods will provide transportation for their
students using the grandfather rule
Keep Brookstone together
Provide long-term solution
Request to publicly introduce Autumn Wood/Hunt Club
Plan C at the May 24 Board meeting
Brookstone I - choose Plan #1
Dangerous roads to Picketts Mill
Dont divide neighborhoods
Brookstone I was developed as a planned community by
Cobb County elected officials. Keep community in tact.
Olde Hickory Bluff - Bullard, not Frey
Roads and rivers do not make good boundaries
Parent volunteerism will decrease because of distance
from school
Amberwood Creek - Bullard, not Frey
Allatoona High School - 3rd Board Public Forum
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 @ Hillgrove High School - 7:30 p.m.
The following issues were items of concern to the
public speakers:
Traffic concerns
Either proposed map would split Brookstone I
Disregard for sense of neighborhood
Transportation time and distance between home and
school
Submit a Map C
Direct feeder pattern when possible
Submit a Map C to keep Hunt Club and Autumn Wood
at Kennesaw Mountain HS to preserve community
All Brookstones are separate
Brookstone III likes
maps
Winding, treacherous, narrow roads lead to Allatoona
safety issues for teenage drivers
Brookstone I split would shatter neighborhood and foster
division
Heritage Oaks split set precedent when redistricting for
Hillgrove
Delay vote until third map is drawn
Core friendships begin in elementary school
Autumn Wood/Hunt Club want to remain at Kennesaw
Mtn.
Some Brookstone owners are OK with maps
Current maps do not consider safety
Old Stilesboro Road not suited for considerable
congestion
Maps do not support feeder patterns
Maps negatively affect sense of community
Lets make Allatoona High School a great school in a
great area. Not everyone will be happy, but someone
has to go to the new school!
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