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.
By Regan Spinks, AccessWDUN Staff
Hall County Schools Health Services Coordinator Andrea Williamson-English accepts a Spot Vision Screening Camera from Dr. David Sargent of the Public Health Department. (Photo: Hall County School District)
The North Hall Lions Club recently purchased a Spot Vision Screening Camera for the Hall County School District to be utilized on the system’s ‘Eyes for Education’ vision screening days.
According to a release from the Hall County School District, early detection of vision problems plays a key role in the education process. Spot Vision Screening Cameras can conduct quick screenings for vision issues, allowing school nurses to easily screen an entire elementary school in one day.
District Superintendent Will Schofield communicated the plan to staff, parents and students. Our team member COVID numbers have stabilized and reported student numbers have also decreased significantly, Schofield said. In addition, our contact-tracing activity (an indicator of future school district spread) is down dramatically.
That means Hall County schools will hold an in-person hybrid schedule for at least one week following the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday. The hybrid schedule had been planned for the resumption of school following the holiday break, but the spread of COVID cases in December prompted district officials to opt for virtual learning for all students at the start of the second semester.
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Tamara Etterling, Director of Student Services for the Hall County School District, tells county school board members at a Monday evening meeting that a video has been produced to educate teachers and other school employees about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo pulled from online coverage of work session)
Georgia teachers and other school employees won t be eligible to get COVID-19 vaccines until next month, but Hall County School District school nurses are encouraging their fellow employees via video to roll up their sleeves when the time rolls around.
School board members got a look at the video featuring some facts and figures about the vaccine presented by Andrea Williamson-English, the Health Services Coordinator for the Hall County School District. In addition, the video features testimony from school nurses who received the vaccine.
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Hall County School Superintendent Will Schofield looks out over the 50 acre property off of Cleveland Highway that the school district plans to transform into an agri-business education center.
Currently, the roughly 51 acre property on Cleveland Highway recently purchased by the Hall County School District doesn’t look like much. The front portion of the property is mounds of turned up dirt while the back portion transitions into rolling hills of green grass.
But the members of Hall County Board of Education have big plans for the property- to transform it into an agri-business education center for students to learn more about the profitable world of agriculture.