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Over 500 Gainesville City School System employees will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by lunchtime Friday. The school system hosted a clinic Friday morning to get their Pre-K through 12th grade teachers and staff vaccinated, following new rules set forth by Governor Brian Kemp last week.
Director of Pre-K Services and Migrant Education Program Donna Allen said she was nervous but pushed through. What really gave me a little bit of comfort was Gainesville City Schools, we ve been immersed in the community really since March, Allen said. We ve really been at work since we shut down. So being surrounded by the community wasn t so much of the anxiety, it was the personal vaccination for me and getting shots! But the most important thing for me was making sure to protect myself, my family, and others that we work with.
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Three students from Alliance Academy for Innovation won the 2021 innovateUNG High School Pitch Challenge last month. (Provided by the University of North Georgia)
CUMMING, GA Three students from Alliance Academy for Innovation won the 2021 innovateUNG High School Pitch Challenge on Feb. 16. All seven public Forsyth County high schools took part in the event, which was hosted virtually by the University of North Georgia s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Varoon Kadithala, Bradley Litsch and Arnav Patidar won a total of $1,500 to aid their Powabites innovation: $1,000 for finishing in first place and $500 for their selection as crowd favorite. They advanced to the March 16 virtual innovateUNG Pitch Challenge, where they will compete against University of North Georgia student teams.
A teacher employed by the Gainesville City School System has been arrested on charges of child molestation. Gabriel Ramon Espinoza, 45 of Gainesville, was arrested Wednesday after a claim that he had inappropriate contact with a child.
According to a press release from the Gainesville Police Department, allegations were brought to school administrators and police by a child this past week. Both the school system and the police department worked together to carefully verify the evidence. It wasn’t until a thorough investigation that Espinoza was arrested.
Jeremy Williams, Superintendent of the Gainesville City School System, says that Espinoza is on administrative leave. “Earlier today, we were made aware of charges and arrest against one of our employees,” he said in a press release on Wednesday. “The safety of our students is a top priority, and future personnel actions will be handled appropriately.”
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