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Three zoning map alternatives were presented Wednesday at the second community meeting for what Fulton County School System officials are calling the largest redistricting process they’ve ever faced.
Executive Director of Operational Planning Yngrid Huff, who is overseeing the process of rezoning due to the construction of a new high school in Milton, presented the three alternatives, but said the final map presented for School Board approval would most likely be a hybrid of the three maps.
“I can almost guarantee that in round three we will not have one of the alternative maps,” she said. None of the elementary school boundaries have been altered.
According to Huff, the first of the three proposed maps reflects the desire of many parents to create direct feeds from middle schools into high schools, so students will not be separated from the classmates they know.
But Huff said Plan A does not solve many of the overcrowding problems because the new high school at Bethany Bend will not come close to meeting its capacity, but she said, “We wanted to make sure we give you that as an option.”.. Read the rest of this entry »
March 24, 2011 | Filed Under: Alpharetta News, Milton News, News, Roswell News
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FULTON COUNTY, GA — More than half of Fulton County’s high schools can proudly proclaim that they are “AP Honor Schools” and leaders in offering students the most challenging curricula available.
Nine of last year’s award-winners made a repeat appearance on the 2011 list, while three newcomers — Johns Creek High, Tri-Cities High and Westlake High — are recognized for math and science achievement.
“It’s wonderful to see that our list of AP Honor School is growing. We place a high value on Advanced Placement classes and the preparation they provide students,” said Fulton County School Superintendent Cindy Loe. “The courses challenge our high-achieving students to push themselves and meet college-level expectations.”
The 2011 AP Honor awards are based on the Class of 2010′s testing results and are grouped into five categories:
AP Challenge Schools
* Fulton Science Academy High School (Alpharetta)
AP Challenge School is a distinction that recognizes schools with fewer than 900 students offering AP courses in the four core content areas: English, Math, Science and Social Studies.
AP Access and Support Schools
* North Springs Charter High School (Sandy Springs)
AP Access and Support Schools work hard to make AP courses available to students of all backgrounds; at least 30% of these schools’ African-American and Hispanic test-takers score a 3 or higher on national AP exams. Read the rest of this entry »
February 15, 2011 | Filed Under: Alpharetta News, Milton News, Roswell News
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I wanted to take a brief moment this morning and bring everyone up to speed on where 1RoswellGA.com is heading in 2011.
Without a doubt, the biggest change happened recently when I decided to move the new listings report and discussions off line by creating an opt-in system. Prior to this, each morning I created a blog post with a link anyone could use to access new homes for sale in Roswell and North Fulton as well as a brief discussion on a featured home for sale or other items to look for. For a number of reasons I decided it was best to move this discussion off-line. Use the “New Listing” link above to learn about the new system and how to participate.
That’s the bad news, what about some good news? The good news is that as we move into the new year and Spring arrives I will be adding a lot of new content. The “Subdivision Videos” link has been a great source of information for home buyers in Roswell, Alpharetta and Milton. I have a large number of subdivisions already covered but there is still much more to do- especially in Milton, Alpharetta and Johns Creek. Plus, some of the older videos that were shot with a non-HD camera need to be replaced by HD video. All in all, if you are interested in this area I want you to be able to come to this site and find information on any community which would include descriptions, high definition video and homes for sale etc.
New visitors to the site will also begin to see new video blog entries from me discussing a range of real estate topics related to new construction, investing, negotiations etc. I will be adding new videos throughout the year. There will be fewer blog entries than before but my hope is that the quality of each post will be high.
Finally, I will continue to update the blog with local news and information of interest. Please feel free to call or email with any questions.
February 2, 2011 | Filed Under: Homes for Sale, News
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For the fifth month in a row, existing home sales moved up again last month. According to the NAR (National Association of Realtors), existing home sales rose from 4.7 million in November to 5.28 million in December- an increase of 12.3%.
That is the highest mark since June which also marked the end of the home buyer tax credit and peak buying season in most years.
It is difficult to portray the national perspective since I only focus on the local areas I cover. However, the national picture is a little more gloomy in my opinion. Home prices in Atlanta have been relatively stable in popular price points from 200-400k especially. The fact remains though that there is still tremendous inventory available and it only stands to get worse as distressed properties continue to flood the market.
Locally, the Roswell and North Fulton market activity has spiked in early 2011. The traffic to this website has increased significantly starting in January which will mark the highest volume to the site in its short history. My gut feeling is that many people have finally caught on to how low mortgage rates are and have put plans in motion to take advantage in addition to those researching relocations for the Spring.
January 21, 2011 | Filed Under: News
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Understandably, it is incredibly slow right now with new homes for sale in Roswell. Only four new listings today all in Roswell and unfortunately only one currently has a picture. If you are wondering, this is not atypical for brand new listings. Many agents post the listing and then post pictures later. This is not a good business practice though since the most serious home seekers will be set up on a gateway page or email notice to see new homes immediately.
There is a short sale to keep an eye on. Four bedrooms and four full bathrooms. It is a smaller community right off of King Rd near Cox Road.
Feel free to let me know at any point if you are ready to graduate to an organic search/ buyer gateway where you can save listings, comment and manage a home search as opposed to these listing emails which don’t allow you to sort the homes etc.
December 29, 2010 | Filed Under: New Homes for Sale, Roswell Homes
