Have Gainesville City Schools artifacts or memorabilia? Help the district start its Heritage Collection The first soccer ball ever used at a Gainesville High soccer match in 1972 is being donated by Headen Embry to Gainesville City School s new Heritage Collection. The collection will be made up from memorabilia from its schools throughout the years. - photo by Scott Rogers
When Headen Embry graduated from Gainesville High School in the early ‘90s, his English teacher, Calvin Hanrahan, gave him an old soccer ball.
It wasn’t just any ordinary soccer ball, but the one used at his school’s first soccer game in the ‘70s.
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MARSHALL Â The first of hundreds of planned COVID-19 vaccines will be administered at a Marshall pilot site starting this week.
State and local organizers are preparing for people with vaccination appointments to start arriving at Marshall Middle School on Friday and Saturday.
Southwest Health and Human Services Public Health Director Carol Biren said preparing for the pilot program in Marshall was an “all hands on deck” situation. While the state and the Minnesota National Guard are playing key roles in running the vaccination events, Biren said area public health, Lyon County Emergency Management, Avera Marshall Medical Center, and local volunteers are all involved as well.
After easing back in to a in-person schedule this week, both the Gainesville City School System and the Hall County School District plan to have all face-to-face learners in the classroom next week.
Gainesville Superintendent Jeremy Williams issued a statement to students and staff saying the system plans to stagger the return of students. After a productive week with a number of our students back in school and those learning at home, we will continue phasing students back to school, Williams said. Monday, January 25, all 3rd Grade through 8th Grade students will return to Face-to-Face Instruction.Wednesday, January 27, all 9th Grade through 12th Grade students will return to Face-to-Face Instruction.
New advanced studies building at Gainesville High School to include Beulah Rucker Hall Floor to be named for pioneering Black educator Beulah Rucker
If ever there was a place for the legacy of Beulah Rucker Oliver, known by most as Beulah Rucker, to be honored and immortalized, it would be at a school.
And that’s just what will happen at Gainesville High School, after a namesake dedication at the $9 million advanced studies building being constructed on the campus received unanimous support from the Gainesville school board on Tuesday.
The bottom floor of the advanced studies building will be called “Rucker Hall,” in honor of the daughter of illiterate sharecropper parents turned educator.
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MARSHALL Â Everyone agreed it was a tough decision to make. The Marshall Area Childcare Center provided a much-needed service for local families, and the staff and programming were excellent, Marshall School Board members said.
At the same time, Marshall Public Schools leadership said they couldn’t ignore the financial impact the daycare was having on the school district. MACC has been operating at losses of $60,000 or more a year since at least 2015. Without a partner to run the center, the recommended option would be to close MACC effective July 1, said MPS Superintendent Jeremy Williams.
School board members, however, said they wanted to give Marshall community members a chance to be heard and possibly find an alternative. The board held off on making a final decision until Feb. 16 but any proposals community members come up with will need to be sustainable, board members and MPS district staff warned.