Watkins announces final term in Board of EducationElection, News
April 20, 2021
, by Lonnie Adams
EAST ELLIJAY, Ga. – Referencing the recent dissension over the school’s 2021-2022 calendar, board member and current Chairman Ronald Watkins said he has caught major backlash over the issue.
Watkins announced in the BOE’s public comments session this month that he will not be running again in the coming elections. Dealing with much of the frustration from the public and what he stated as “people telling a little bit of the truth and a little bit of lies,” Watkins voiced his anger over the issue and the backlash to him as a public official.
Superintendent Downs Resigns at Gilmer Board of Education - Gilmer
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School Calendar vote to be decided tomorrow - Gilmer
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Fire Department called to Gilmer High GymNews
March 11, 2021
, by Lonnie Adams
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Parents are receiving messages from Gilmer High School today informing them that the Fire Department had to be called to the school.
Gilmer Schools Superintendent Dr. Shanna Downs
According to those messages, due to smoke coming from the mechanical room in the gym, school officials called the Fire Department to investigate. Immediately removing all students from the facility, they were taken to the Band Practice Field for safety.
According to a statement from Superintendent Dr. Shanna Downs, no students were harmed and the fire was quite small.