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The Gwinnett County Board of Voters Registrations and Elections narrowly rejected a bid to challenge the registrations of 15,179 Gwinnett voters on Monday.
The elections board voted 3-2 to reject the challenge presented by Georgia Republican Party state officer, and Gwinnett resident, BJ Van Gundy during a virtual meeting. The challenge would have affected voters who try to vote in the Jan. 5 runoff election.
The board also voted 3-2 to dismiss a second challenge presented by David Clark after it appeared Clark was not responding to calls for him to present his challenge during the meeting, which was held via WebEx.
On Thursday, the Gwinnett County Board of Education approved a one-time salary adjustment of $700 to all active, benefit-eligible employees who were not included in the award at last month s meeting. They will receive their adjusted salaries in January 2021, according to an emailed release from Gwinnett County Public Schools.
In November, those who are paid on the Teacher Salary Schedule, such as teachers, counselors, speech-language pathologists, among others, got a $700 boost to their salaries as well. They will receive it in their December paycheck.
The salary adjustment was done in two phases because School Board members felt the need to manage cash flow for the district. Gwinnett County property tax bills were delayed because of the pandemic and they were modified to include a new levy imposed by Gwinnett County.
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Four Gwinnett County women made history this past week as they took their oaths of office to assume their respective seats.
Over a span of two days this past week, spanning Wednesday and Thursday, Patsy Austin-Gatson, Tiana Garner, Tarece Johnson and Karen Watkins became the first African-American women â in some cases the first African-American period â to be sworn in as Gwinnett Countyâs district attorney, clerk of courts and school board members, respectively.
The quartet are part of the second wave of African-American women from Gwinnett County to move into elected offices since 2018.
Austin-Gatson will be the first African-American district attorney and Garner will be the first African-American clerk of courts in Gwinnettâs 202-year history. Meanwhile, Johnson and Watkins shared the history-making honor of being the first African-American women to be sworn in as members of the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Thursday.