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Patrice Brown and Carla Flores Ballesteros worked together for years. During a phone call, Ballesteros learned Brown s husband still needed a kidney. Author: Maddie Gardner Updated: 11:48 PM EST December 14, 2020
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. When Patrice Brown became the principal at Western Guilford Middle School in 2013, she didn t expect to form the bond she did with her then assistant principal, Carla Flores Ballesteros. Even though Ballesteros became the principal of her own school, Allen Jay Elementary, their bond remained strong.
So when Brown called Ballesteros in September to congratulate her on being nominated for Guilford County s Principal of the year - they kept chatting. Ballesteros asked about Brown s husband, John, who is going through dialysis for renal failure. John was all set for an organ donation but days before the phone call, th
December 12, 2020Gilford schools reopened for in-person learning on Dec. 7 with no meetings or action by the school board needed.
On Dec. 3, Beitler announced on the district website that in-person learning would resume as scheduled on Dec. 7 after a week of remote learning after Thanksgiving.
The week before Beitler had recommended before then that the schools stay on remote learning until after the end of Christmas vacation. This recommendation was a response to a large number of students and staff members being in quarantine, a number testing positive for Coronavirus, rising COVID-19 numbers in the town and the state, and concerns about increased transmission during Thanksgiving celebrations.