tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post6572238630170970110..comments2024-01-16T19:32:02.006-08:00Comments on .: Gwinnett Tech Looking at Old Milton HSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-78312931195772582352011-01-05T14:09:50.178-08:002011-01-05T14:09:50.178-08:00Did not David Chatham own the property at Bethany ...Did not David Chatham own the property at Bethany Bend and Cogburn Road?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-64607663051871947102011-01-05T02:39:45.116-08:002011-01-05T02:39:45.116-08:00If they had built the new school at the Old Milto...If they had built the new school at the Old Milton High, they wouldn't have purchased the 100 acres up the road for 13 million and for sure they wouldn't have purchased the Bethany site for what another 9-10 million and they already owned all the property the Old school sits on which is the same acreage of the new Bethany HS site, plus due to the economy there is additional land surrounding the old school right now that could be picked up dirt cheap. Think of all the money that could have been saved by just building a new high school at the old school site. What was the resistance, why did they not do this, it seems so logical. Could have kept a lot of programs in our schools that have been sliced and diced, and educators and support staff had they done that.Why? Are they not building more schools here to redistrict and shuffle more kids from other cities, so that location would have been much closer for the needs of Alpharetta and Roswell over the Bethany location? Or does the city of Alpharetta just not want to give up Milton HS to Milton residents after Milton became it's own city? Somewhere there had to be underlying presssure to move another Highschool north, but why when the demand is coming from other cities not us? Tim can you explain this, anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-52362632166756335112011-01-02T20:55:35.916-08:002011-01-02T20:55:35.916-08:00Tim, you should be a teacher or a cop.Tim, you should be a teacher or a cop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-33813674531948083822010-12-29T13:09:44.677-08:002010-12-29T13:09:44.677-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-77952655017376472222010-12-28T17:27:09.300-08:002010-12-28T17:27:09.300-08:002:33, I totally agree. The FCBOE has been acting w...2:33, I totally agree. The FCBOE has been acting without worry regarding those who fund them for many years now. <br /><br />Instead of thinking outside the box and being conservative with the tax payer's dollar, they continue to waste millions of dollars on obnoxious projects without cause.<br /><br />The real loser here is the City of Milton. Not only did seven families get kicked out of their homes for the "New" Milton High School which ate up 70 acres of "rural character", the city has not recieved one dime of property tax. Similar still is the new high school under construction on Cogburn. A school that sits on only 44 useable acres of land...land that the city would have eventually been able to generate tax revenue off of. Note that the old campus sits on 40 and the there is only one high school within Alpharetta City limits.<br /><br />So we have over 100 acres of land just with these two schools with zero tax revenue or payment for improved infrastructure coupled with little retail over all and it makes for bad comedy. <br /><br />No one is against public education. Folks are just tired of hearing the powers that be cry poor mouth and then do what they do. Time for this train to stop and a new engine put in motion that has to answer to those paying for the coal.<br /><br />Tim Enloe<br />Accessmilton.com<br />770 653 0552Tim Enloehttp://Accessmilton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-70995132753831358462010-12-28T14:33:33.088-08:002010-12-28T14:33:33.088-08:00How come the BOE wasn't willing to displace al...How come the BOE wasn't willing to displace all those kids to build a new high school for the area, however, is willing to sell to Gwinnett Tech? Gee those kids don't matter anymore? Would have made more sense to put the new Bethany Road HS at that location, since they already owned the property and would have saved money off the bat right there.. They'd of had to pay to demolish and environmental abatement however that had to add up millions of dollars less than purchasing the bethany road property for what was it, around 11 million? Easy to spend money when it comes out of other peoples pockets. When are the taxpayers going to demand more input on how the BOE spends our money and how they use our tax dollars when purchasing land for schools? think about how many teachers could have not been furloughed and how the band and orchestra program could have remained in our schools had they been more frugal with our money. Our fault for not holding these people accountible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-17696842053705927002010-12-28T10:23:59.343-08:002010-12-28T10:23:59.343-08:00How long has Hatcher Hurd been in Alpharetta? He ...How long has Hatcher Hurd been in Alpharetta? He should know the former Milton High School is not on Academy Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com