Politics & Government

New Photos: Fourth-Graders Could Inspire Sandy Springs Town Center

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School students have spent months brainstorming ideas for the old Target site and Sandy Springs new downtown plans. They will present their ideas to City Council members on Tuesday.

 

Fourth-graders from will present their take on Sandy Springs new town center and the former Target site at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

Creative writing teacher Jim Barton explained in an email to Sandy Springs Patch that since February - when City Councilman Chip Collins visited the school  - each student has visited the site, researched similar developments around the area, and put together impressive proposals. 

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Representing a total of 80 fourth-graders, four students will present an extensive package to Council members.

“It’s an impressive package, and the students’ ideas are amazingly imaginative, appropriate and thorough,” Barton said.

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After visiting the Target site, taking snapshots and brainstorming ideas in discussion groups, students were given a “Project Mission” by their teacher, which included the following:

  • Defining the need the city center would satisfy.
  • Describing in detail the type of city center proposed.
  • Justifying with persuasive writing why they think their idea is the best choice.
  • Describing each component of the center.
  • Giving supporting reasons for each component.
  • Describing the impact it would have on the community.  
  • Concluding the proposal with a clear summary description.

In a separate statement Barton said, “I think it’s neat that, say, 20 or 30 years from now, a student might be walking by the site, point up and say, ‘That was my idea.’”


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