Georgia State House member Beth Moore invites students, faculty, and administrators to report anonymously unsafe conditions at schools that have reopened during COVID-19 cases continue to rise. One Georgia principal threatened “consequences” for those who shared images of the school, prompting Moore to create an email account for clock blockers. …
Read More »Trooper in Georgia accused of killing while shooting at traffic stop
Authorities say a Georgia police officer was fired and charged with murder a week after he fatally shot a 60-year-old man trying to escape a traffic stop Due to RUSS BYNUM Associated Press August 14, 2020, 9:39 p.m. 4 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article SAVANNAH, Ga. …
Read More »Georgia’s governor has filed a lawsuit against the mayor of Atlanta over mandate for face mask
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Thursday announced he will withdraw a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council on the city’s requirement to wear face masks in public and to maintain social distance measures to spread of the coronavirus. Although Kemp acknowledged that the mayor agreed not …
Read More »More than 1,500 students and staff are quarantined when schools reopen
De reopening of schools remains in rocky start. Around the country, more than 1,500 students and staff from nine districts in seven states are quarantined after positive cases at schools that had just reopened. One school in Georgia had to be shut off for cleaning. Despite 35 positive cases, it …
Read More »Georgia School District with more than 1,100 in Quarantine closes High School
A school district in Georgia that saw the beginning of a coronavirus outbreak and now has more than 1,100 students and staff quarantined has chosen to close a high school eight days after the start of the school year. Cherokee County School District Superintendent Brian Hightower said in a message …
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