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Milton High School
Four north Fulton schools have been included on Newsweek magazine’s list of 1,623 top-ranking public high schools in the nation.
Milton High School ranked 313, with Alpharetta High School close behind at 345, Roswell High School at 399 and Northview High School at 410.
“Being recognized as one of Newsweek’s top high schools is not only a testament of the hard work of our students, teachers and staff, but a reflection of our community’s support for its high school,” said Roswell High School Principal Ed Spurka.
All public schools in the nation, including charter schools, were ranked according to a challenge index devised by the magazine.
The ranking comes from the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2009 divided by the number of graduating seniors.
Using this measurement each school on the list was identified as being within the top six percent of all U.S. public schools.
Earlier this school year, the same schools also received national recognition as Advanced Placement Merit Schools. Each of the four schools made last year’s Newsweek list, as well.
Northview High School principal Pamela Spalla said making the list is one indicator of the school’s success.
“Each year we send many of our students to the most prestigious of universities, but also out into the work force, into the military or onto trade and technical schools,” said Ms. Spalla.
“Northview and its teachers excel at preparing students to fulfill their ambitions. It has been a joy to see our efforts acknowledged year after year.”
Source: Rachel Kellogg- Roswell Neighbor
June 23, 2010 | Filed Under: Alpharetta News, Milton News, Roswell News
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A controversial proposal to carve Milton County out of north Fulton County died in the state House of Representatives late Friday night, unable to get the two-thirds vote it needed to stay alive.
House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones (R-Milton) decided just before midnight not to bring House Resolution 21 to a floor vote. Jones, the proposal’s key supporter in the House, said proponents were within three or four votes of the 120 they needed in the 180-member chamber.
“We waited and tried to get the votes as long as we could,” Jones told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at 11:55 p.m. “We came up a few votes short.”… Read the rest of this entry »
March 27, 2010 | Filed Under: Milton News, Roswell News
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Six north fulton high schools have been named AP Merit Schools for their 2008-2009 results, according to an announcement made by State Superintendent Kathy Cox last Wednesday.
The schools are Alpharetta High School, Centennial High School, Chattahoochee High School, Milton High School, Northview High School and Roswell High School and each has received the recognition from the Georgia Department of Education for the third year. Read the rest of this entry »
February 24, 2010 | Filed Under: Alpharetta News, Milton News, Roswell News
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Ever have to drive to downtown Atlanta first thing in the morning for jury duty? And then back home, exiting the city for a long, traffic congested ride to greener pastures? Ever wonder what’s wrong with this picture? Some would say plenty.
If local lawmakers and city leaders have their way, all of that could come to a satisfying end with the recreation of Milton County.
The implications of the formation of the county are numerous. The school system, traffic, property taxes, attracting new businesses, the county health system and resistance are just some of the changes that will be occuring.
the new county would contain the cities of Roswell, Mountain Park, Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, John’s Creek and Milton and would be composed entirely of incorporated areas, which proponents say would eliminate the need for and cost of many county services. While area officials are hesitant to say which city would serve as the county seat, they all hope to eliminate the current frustration many North Fulton residents already feel by making it a central location easily accessible to all.
According to georgiaencyclopedia.org, Milton County with a population of nearly 4,000 at the time, was created in 1857 to give residents a more accessible county seat, which was established in Alpharetta. Known for its innovative cotton farming, the county was located 25 miles north of Atlanta, surrounded and created by portions of Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and DeKalb counties, with the southern part bordering Roswell, which was part of Cobb. It was considered a major thoroughfare between Atlanta and the North Georgia Mountains. Read the rest of this entry »
February 15, 2010 | Filed Under: Alpharetta News, Milton News, Roswell News
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The circa 1930s red building with the open porch on the corner of Hickory Flat Rd and Birmingham Highway is a Milton landmark.
“I remember seeing it as a kid when it was Buice’s Country Store and the Buice family lived across the road,” said Jim McClure, the structure’s current owner.
The building at Birmingham Crossroads has in recent years housed an antique store and a gift shop. But its latest incarnation as Birmingham Produce and Market is close to its bucolic roots. The market sells a variety of fresh produce , free range eggs, local honey, baked goods, jams, jellies, pine straw and firewood. Some of the grocery items are produced on the owners’ land in Milton.
“We have 10 acres, kind of a mini-farm. We have two horses and a whole yard full of chickens,” McClure said. “We keep bees, and we raise our tomatoes and blueberries. So we try to sell eggs and honey and our produce when it’s in season.”
The store also sells seasonal produce from other local farmers or growers around the state when available. On the shelves are jams and jellies from northeast Georgia. “We try to buy everything we can from as close as we can,” McClure said.
McClure and his wife Karen opened the market in March.
Natives of the east Cobb/Roswell area, the couple moved to what was then unincorporated northwest Fulton County in 1996 seeking “peace and quiet, a more rural, county atmosphere,” McClure said. In commuting to his fertilization and weed control business in Roswell, McClure watched the old Buice building’s evolution.
“I saw it up for sale several times,” he said. “Most recently, a developer had plans to demolish it and the gas station nearby and build some kin dof drug store there.”
the McClures bought the building and land behind it. “My vision for the place is to create a working farm in the rear five-acre tract, grow some vegetables for the store and use it to teach kids about the rural, agricultural lifestyle,” McClure said.
Despite a bad economy, the store is doing well, he said, “breaking even and more.” And its quaint charm has attracted more than just locals. Last week, a scene from an upcoming Hollywood film was shot at the market with stars Brooke Shields and Kris Kristofferson giving unsuspecting customers quite a surprise.
The family friendly movie, originally titled “Destination Home,” has been renamed “The Greening of Whitney Brown.” It is about a privileged Philedelphia teenager “who gets back in touch with herself when financial hardship forces her parents to relocate the family to her grandparents’ house in the country.”
Milton Mayor Joe Kockwood was surprised and pleased at the movie crew’s choice of location, saying the market “definitely hits the look that I think Milton is all about. I think it it’s a perfect fit that will put us on the map for that look and feel. I can’t wait to see it in the movie.”
Source: Joan Durbin, Roswell Neighbor
November 4, 2009 | Filed Under: Milton News
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