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Hundreds attend Ashley Academy’s
Global Celebration
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
The gymnasium at
Ashley Academy for Cul
tural and Global Studies
was filled with excitement
last Friday evening as hun
dreds of parents, students,
teachers, and faculty mem
bers came together for the
Sth Annual Global Cel
ebration.
Designed to help stu
dents learn about differ
ent cultures and parts of
the world, each year the
celebration has something
different for the students
and parents to enjoy.
This year’s celebration
included free food, sev
eral performances from
students, and a special
guest performance from
Gamelan Giri Murti,Wake
Forest University’s Bali
nese percussion and dance
ensemble. The celebration
also served as a reunion
of some sorts, as former
principals and teachers re
turned to Ashley to mark
the 20th anniversary of the
school opening as an el
ementary school.
Ashley reopened as a
elementary school in 1999;
prior to that the school op
erated as a middle school
up until the late 70s when
the school was closed.
Ashley officially became a
• . Photos by Tevin Stinson
Students at Ashley Academy for Cultural and Global Studies came together to celebrate thier Sth Annual Global Celebration on Friday, May 3.
magnet school in 2006 and
in 2015 the school changed
its name to Ashley Acade ¬
my for Cultural and Global
Studies. Scarlett Linville,
who has been the principal
at Ashley since 2016, said
she was proud to be a part
of a school with such a rich
history in the community.
“I’m honored to be a
part of such a rich educa
tion institution and we felt
it was important to honor
everyone who had a part in
our school,” Linville said.
City Council denies rezoning to bring TROSA
to East Winston
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
The plan to open a fa
cility for recovering ad
dicts in East Winston came
to a screeching halt earlier
this week when the City
Council voted 7-1 to deny
the rezoning of The Com
mons of Forsyth County
and more than 16 acres of
land along Old Greensboro
Road.
If approved, the re
quest to change the official
zoning map from MU-S
(Mixed Use-Special Use-
Residential Building) and
RS9 (Residential, Single
Family) to GB-S (General
Business-Special Use zon
ing) would have opened
the doors for TROSA (Tri
angle Residential Options
for Substance Abusers
Inc.), to open its first facil
ity in the Triad. Founded
in 1994 by Kevin Mc
Donald, TROSA is a non-
profit residential substance
abuse recovery program
that strives to help indi
viduals through vocational
training, education, peer
counseling, mentoring and
leadership training.
Based in Durham,
TROSA had intended to
convert the existing apart
ment buildings and unoc
cupied buildings located
on Felicity Circle and Fe
licity Lane, into a group
care facility that provides
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room and board for about
250 people, including per
sonal care and rehabilita
tion services for those in
need.
Dan Jewell, who was
hired by TROSA to de
velop plans of the facility,
noted that the application
for rezoning was in com
pliance with the area plan
and TROSA did their due
diligence to receive feed-
back from those who live
in the community. He also
noted City/County Plan
ning Staff recommended
approval and The Com
mons has been used to pro
vide similar programs in
the past.
“The application is
within compliance. We
worked with the neighbors
and the staff to develop a
project that will be good
See Rezoning on A3
Photo by Tevin Stinson
Earlier this week, the City Council voted to deny rezoning that would have repur
posed The Commons of Forsyth County for a facility that would house recovering
addicts and other programs offered by TROSA, a nonprofit residential substance
abuse program.
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