North Fulton Bethany Bend High School Site Plan I’m amazed at how many people are wondering – I’ve been asked a lot recently about the new Bethany Bend High School .

While most people are just curious, it’s also surprising how often I hear someone say “I hope it get’s delayed so my kid can go to Milton” . It seems to me that the new school will have the same demographic, same curriculum and many of the same students that would have gone to Milton. Granted, the sports and PTA organizations will have to start up from scratch, but I can’t imagine that the quality of education will be any different. Assuming that our children’s education is what is most important.

The school is still in the works, the money has been set aside and in place for construction. The Fulton County Board of Education has signed the contract with Parsons and Evergreen Construction and ground should break at the end of this month. The good news is that due to lower construction costs in the current market, the school will come in over $14 million dollars less than originally planned. Katie Reeves let me know that she has asked the Superintendent to set up a community meeting with Parsons & Evergreen to go over questions and timeline. At this time, the plan has not changed from having a project completion of summer 2012. Once we have this meeting completed we can all focus on the uproar to come…the R word. Redistricting – who’s in, who’s out and who cares….