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September 4, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 35
Schools to redistrict in October All zones north of the Chattahoochee will be reviewed By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@northfulton.com
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Members of Johns Creek VOICES, the JCHS choral group, take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money to cure Lou Gehrig’s disease. They joined in support of VOICES choral director Rhonda Fossum and VOICES parent Sarah Calhoun.
Students add VOICES to ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Viral challenge passes $100M mark By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Students at Johns Creek High School who shot out of school last Friday ready for the Labor Day weekend stopped to goggle at the Johns Creek VOICES, the school’s choral group, as they hoisted buckets of ice water and poured water on their own heads. Yes, it was another group answering the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, taking the plunge, or at least an ice bath, to raise awareness and money for the ALS Association.
The phenomenon has gone viral on the Web and Facebook with movie stars, sports teams and uncounted others all having taken the challenge. When Johns Creek VOICES choral director Rhonda Fossum and VOICES parent Sarah Calhoun received their challenges, they decided to include the VOICES – and the students responded. “We were both challenged [to participate], and I wanted my daughter Emma Kate to participate,” said Calhoun. “And then I thought, why not make it a really big event?” Fossum agreed, saying the
challenge is a great event that makes everyone feel good. “I want my students to be involved in the community,” she said. “This community service event is a good way to do that. The parents on our board agreed to donate. It was something we could all do.” Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Eventually, people with ALS lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movement, which often leads to total paralysis and death within two to five years of diagnosis.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Parents would be wise to stay aware of school attendance zone changes in the coming months. The redisREEVES tricting process for all schools throughout North Fulton will begin in October, with the goal to have the changes approved by February and in place next school year, according to officials with the Fulton County
See SCHOOLS, Page 9
Criteria considered during attendance zone modification
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VOICES choral director Rhonda Fossum, right, and parent Sarah Calhoun also took the ALS Challenge.
Primary criteria • Geographic proximity • Instructional capacity • Projected enrollment Secondary criteria • Neighborhood groupings • Traffic patterns • Frequency of rezonings • Special programs • School feeder alignment