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Local Partner in Education the Kubota Corporation of America, donated an excavator to the Hall County School District last week.

The Hall County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday evening to name its future elementary school on Ramsey Road, Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary School.

Parents, educators wonder what standardized tests will be like, if students have to take them James Martin said his children have dealt with COVID-19 related family deaths, financial hardships and the adjustment of in-person classes all in one school year. He said his son, a freshman at Flowery Branch High School, is worried about staying healthy and completing weekly assignments, not “proving” his knowledge in a standardized test. “This test is the last worry students need right now is a high stakes test looming over their head,” Martin said. In the request letter, Ke...

The Hall County School District reached a milestone on Feb. 7, and school board members held an impromptu celebration at a work session Monday evening, commemorating the district's 150th birthday.  While board members enjoyed some birthday cake, Finance Director Jonathan Boykin, who has taken on the unofficial role as district historian, offered up a quick history lesson, telling the board that Hall County was one of the first counties in the state to set up a board of education in 1871, electing Brian Moses as president at the first meeting on Feb. 7. In those days, the school board would ...

Hall County teachers who contract COVID-19 - or who have to quarantine because of COVID exposure - will be eligible for paid sick leave following a vote by the Hall County School Board Monday night. The unanimous vote allows up to 10 days of paid sick leave for employees under funding from the federal CARES Act. District Superintendent Will Schofield cautioned that the approval of paid sick leave does not mean that every employee is entitled to an additional 10 days of sick leave; employees are to use the paid leave only for COVID-related absences and only when needed. Schofield also noted th...