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8 THE CHEROKEE LEDGER-NEWS NEWS SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
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Neighbors concerned about school site
BY CAROLYN MATHEWS
carolynmathews@ledgernews.com
Residents of Iron Hill Trace in
Towne Lake Hills West are upset
because they are likely to lose the
privacy behind their homes as a
new school is built.
Many of the street’s residents attended
the Sept. 2 Cherokee County
school board meeting, and two
spoke, expressing their feelings
about the building of a replacement
middle school facility behind
the existing E.T. Booth Middle
School.
Residents say a bus lane will
come within 50 feet of their
homes. School district officials say
the district is meeting the required
buffer. The land on which
the new school is planned has belonged
to the school board for
decades, even before Towne Lake
was developed, said Assistant Superintendent
for Construction
and Facilities Management Russ
Sims.
The school is being paid for by
federally-issued stimulus funds,
and Superintendent Dr. Frank
Petruzielo said construction must
begin within “a tight timeframe.”
Residents say they feel they
weren’t consulted during the engineering
design process, although
they say Construction Supervisor
Phil Parrott has been open to answering
their questions.
Resident Adrian Trevisan told
the board that, while they do not
oppose the building
of the school, the
buffer is too small,
and it will cause noise
pollution and ruin
their homes’ view.
“We are against the
location of a road and
its proximity to
where we live,” he
said. “Planning has
gone on for several months now,
and we haven’t been made aware
of the process.”
Neighbors contend the school
district could have given them
more input into its plans.
Jamison Smith said he used to
work in engineering in
Afghanistan. “We had to consult
the villagers before we moved anything,”
he said.
“We’re going to do everything
we can,” Petruzielo said. “The
building will be built on that site,
and we will make every effort to
make you happy, protecting existing
trees and planting new trees as
much as possible.”
Residents admit they knew that
the district could eventually
choose to use the land.
Parrott said he’s been back to architects
five or six times asking
them if there is any way to provide
more buffer. But, the space the
school can sit on is small, due to
federal and state water guidelines,
unless the current E.T. Booth is
torn down prior to the start of new
construction.
Iron Hill Trace residents say
they are taxpayers, and the district
should make more concessions.
“We could take the existing
school offline and bus the kids to
another school. They are taxpayers’
children too,” Sims said.
Sims said the only other option
the district would have is to find
another piece of property for sale
in Towne Lake that was big
enough for the school and use taxpayer
funds to purchase that.
Schools name Teachers of the Year
BY CAROLYN MATHEWS
carolynmathews@ledgernews.com
Cherokee County School District has announced
2011 Teacher of the Year nominees chosen by each
school. Each teacher selected is now in the running to
be selected as the 2011 countywide Teacher of the Year.
Each nominee will complete an extensive packet to
turn in by mid-October, that will serve as a method for
an independent committee of citizens to use in order
to nominate one district-level Teacher of the Year, who
will be selected in late October.
County teachers of the year represent the county at
a state level, where a statewide top teacher will be chosen.
Last year’s Cherokee County Teacher of the Year,
Kelly Burke, of Woodstock High School, was one of 10
state finalists.
In December, a banquet will be held in appreciation
of the school-level Teachers of the Year, along with the
county TOY.
School-level teachers selected as Teacher of the Year
are: Arnold Mill ES, Robyn Wong; Avery ES, Dolleen
Wiltgen; Ball Ground ES, Beth Smith; Bascomb ES,
Gayle Eakin; Boston ES, Robyn Dailey; Canton ES,
Jamie Lynn Nelson; Carmel ES, Merry Willis; Chapman
IS, Shirley Baker; Cherokee HS, Rebecca Coury;
Clayton ES, Jada Hanson; Creekland MS, Liesl New;
Creekview HS, Julie Coker; CrossRoads HS/MS, Art
Vaulk; Dean Rusk MS, Jennifer Campbell; E.T. Booth
MS, Malissa Hogan; Etowah HS, Robert Putnam; Freedom
MS, Natasha Diaz; Free Home ES, Angie Gilleland;
Hasty ES, Donna Glandorf; Hickory Flat ES, Dorrie
Lopez; Johnston ES, Susan Duncan; Knox ES,
Amie Hannon; Liberty ES, Laura Akers; Little River
BY CAROLYN MATHEWS
carolynmathews@ledgernews.com
As a group, 2010 seniors in
Cherokee who took the American
College Test (ACT) topped the
composite national score and the
composite state score, according
to a report released by the Cherokee
County School District. The
district’s composite score, on a
scale from 1 to 36, was 22.2.
The ACT was taken by 1,087
Cherokee seniors last school year,
which comprises 50 percent of the
senior class. In 2009, the ACT was
taken by 962 Cherokee seniors, or
42 percent of the senior class,
which indicates rising participation
on the test.
About 44 percent of Georgia’s
2009 graduating seniors took the
ACT, up four percentage points
from last year. The average state
composite score increased by 0.1,
to 20.7.
The national average composite
Petruzielo
SPECIAL
Joseph Knox Elementary School fourth-grade teacher
Amie Hannon high-fives her students, after being announced
as the school’s Teacher of the Year.
ES, Lisa Waidler; L.R. Tippens Education Center,
Michael Fredenburg; Macedonia ES, Jessica Obermeier;
Mill Creek MS, Danielle Shakespeare; Mountain
Road ES, Stacie Pullum; Oak Grove ES, Cynthia
Shackelford; Ralph Bunche/Little River Preschool,
Patsy Rollins; River Ridge HS, Jeff Kirk; R.M. Moore
ES, Brandy Henson; Sequoyah HS, Beth Carey; Sixes
ES, Patricia Massengale; Teasley MS, Tim Lewis;
Woodstock ES, Jane Hancock; Woodstock HS, Krista
Webb; and Woodstock MS, Denise Lewis.
Cherokee ACT test-takers
top state, national scores
score was 21, down 0.1 from 2009.,
according to ACT’s annual report.
Georgia’ performance tied, toward
the middle of the performance
range, with Oklahoma’s,
West Virginia’s, and Illinois’,
slightly below the national average.
The ACT is designed to assess
high school students’ general educational
development and their
ability to handle college work
with success. It is often taken either
along with the Scholastic Assessment
Test (SAT) or in lieu of
the SAT, system Superintendent
Dr. Frank Petruzielo said.
The four sections of the ACT
measure abilities learned in high
school in English, mathematics,
reading and science reasoning. It
is not an intelligence (IQ) test,
Petruzielo said.
Composite scores for the district
remained steady from last
year:
• at Cherokee High School, the
2010 ACT composite score was
21.3, compared to 21.6 in 2009 and
21.3 in 2008;
• at Creekview High School, the
2010 ACT composite score was
21.6, compared to 22.1 in 2009;
• at Etowah High School, the
2010 ACT composite score was
23.6, compared to 22.4 in 2009 and
22.7 in 2008;
• at Sequoyah High School, the
2010 ACT composite score was
22.2, compared to 22.7 in 2009 and
22.8 in 2008; and
• at Woodstock High School, the
2010 ACT composite score was
21.5, compared to 21.5 in 2009 and
21.5 in 2008.
Petruzielo said an SAT or ACT
score is no longer necessary for
admission to a two-year Georgia
public college, two state college
and three “university colleges” located
at state universities, so students
who know what college they
are attending should check to see
if they have to take the tests.