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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Everton Blair, chairman of the Gwinnett County Board of Education, will not seek re-election to the board next year, he announced Tuesday. Blair, whom many Democrats view as a rising political star, is considering a run for State School Superintendent “I haven’t made any other decisions right now besides this one,” Blair told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County Public Schools will begin making people who attend school meetings go through a security screening, including passing through a metal detector, before they can enter the meeting. The school system announced the new security measure on Wednesday. The first meeting where the new measures will be in place is scheduled for Thursday. "As this is the first mo...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com “We want to commend Sen. Dixon for recognizing the importance of input from the Board of Commissioners and our residents,” Gwinnett Commission Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson said. “Because of support from our Gwinnett delegation and grassroots efforts by our community members, SB 6EX will go through the legislative process it deserves. We look forward to working wi...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com "Mr. Watkins is not on our side," said resident Brooks Lonergan, who also attended the meeting. He said he fears the proposal will go through without the commissioner's support of the community. "He wasn't in attendance and he's done little to nothing to help us, and one could even argue he has seemed to be more on the side of the tower building company rather than our...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com On Saturday Solicitor General Brian Whiteside had his re-election kickoff and there were many community leaders in the room to support him including Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson, Snellville City Council member Solange Destang, Board of Education board member Karen Watkins and State Rep. Donna McLeod. McLeod got to the event a little late, becau...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com An at times contentious hearing on two bills that would make major changes to Gwinnett County's school board and county commission resulted in a hurdle being cleared for one of the bills on Wednesday. The Senate State and Local Government Operations committee hearing focused on SB 5EX, which would make the Gwinnett school board elections nonpartisan, as well as SB 6EX,...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com The bill would require additional commissioners to be present to form a quorum, which would make it difficult for the board to make timely decisions, Carden said. He added that the bill would not only add add five seats but undermine and weaken the chairperson’s position. “I think this is a poorly planned bill,” Carden said. “I don’t think they took in a lot of conside...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Students who change majors or transfer into another college or university tend to lose credits and take extra time to graduate. But Georgia Gwinnett College has a solution for that, saving students time and money. A new bachelor’s degree at GGC allows students to keep the credits they have earned and progress toward graduation without loss of time. The recently introdu...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County Sheriff Keybo Taylor and his deputies will hand out Thanksgiving meals to more than 1,000 families at the county fairgrounds in Lawrenceville later this month. The sheriff's office will host a drive-thru Thanksgiving Food Giveaway from noon until 5 p.m. on Nov. 22 at the fairgrounds, which are located at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway. The office will partner w...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County commissioners voted to hold off on making a final decision about a proposed change to a county ordinance that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana on Tuesday. The proposed change, which would have meant a person who possessed an ounce or less of marijuana could avoid going to jail for the crime, was initially rejected by comm...

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www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County School Police arrested five students ranging in age from middle to high school in connection with threats on social media to commit acts of violence at 13 different schools in recent weeks. The arrests were made last week and this week, said Tony Lockard, chief of police for Gwinnett County Public Schools. The students are being charged in juvenile cour...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Local leaders are praising the opening of the new Norcross branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library for giving residents a new place to check out books, pick up skills and gather for events. The 22,000-square-foot facility, twice the size of the former library branch, opened to the public Wednesday. Besides rows of books, it includes a game room, 120-person meeting...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County police are stepping in to help their counterparts with Gwinnett County Public Schools respond to and investigate a recent rise in cases of threats and other acts of harassment and intimidation taking place in the schools. Police Officer Senior Hideshi Valle said the police department is taking the threats seriously even though many of them are anonymous...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County Public Schools is struggling to hire paraprofessionals, who are critical to helping many special-needs students. The district hired 400 paraprofessionals this year, but it’s not enough, officials said. So the district’s board of education recently decided to contract with a third-party vendor — ESS ― to fill more than 130 vacancies. “We hear the need an...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com A meeting of the Gwinnett County Board of Education ended early Thursday after several audience members removed their mandatory masks and defied requests to leave. The confrontation began nearly an hour into the meeting, after the board had voted on all its agenda items and while citizens were addressing the board. During a break between speakers, Board Chair Everton B...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Radial, an ecommerce fulfillment organization, plans to hire more than 500 entry-level fulfillment center workers at 2510 Mill Center Parkway, Suite 300 in Buford to support increased ecommerce demand this holiday season. According to the company, Radial new hires will be using the latest technology to process online orders for “picking, sorting, packing and shipping a...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County officials are turning to incentives in an effort to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. County officials will offer $100 Visa gift cards to people 12 and older who get a vaccine shot during the Vaccines Aren’t Scary event that is being staged in partnership with the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health Departments on Friday and Saturday at the...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Join me and 500 entrepreneurs Monday-Thursday @8am for the largest morning mastermind on the planet. Click here join us https://bit.ly/3jLMvUJ Gwinnettians once again have an option for recycling glass products. The county launched a new pilot program with Waste Pro USA over the weekend to give residents a place to drop off glass products for recycling. The program ent...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Join me and 500 entrepreneurs Monday-Thursday @8am for the largest morning mastermind on the planet. Click here join us https://bit.ly/3jLMvUJ A man convicted of felony murder will face a life sentence after dealing deadly drugs laced with fentanyl, a first in the history of Gwinnett County, officials say. Eric Denver Moore pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of felon...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Join me and 500 entrepreneurs Monday-Thursday @8am for the largest morning mastermind on the planet. Click here join us https://bit.ly/3jLMvUJ A political newcomer hopes to unseat Dacula’s current mayor, tasking voters with a choice about who should lead the city through tough decisions on growth. Dacula residents will choose on Nov. 2 whether to reelect Trey King or l...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com . Today I had the opportunity to talk to Chief Wanda Turner. She is the CEO of Class-Security Protection & Training Academy. Today is the grand opening for the academy. Class-Act definitely lives up to it’s name. When you walk into the establishment you can feel the warmth even though what they do here is serious. The other thing that Class-Act does is provide job plac...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Join me and 500 entrepreneurs Monday-Thursday @8am for the largest morning mastermind on the planet. Click here join us https://bit.ly/3jLMvUJ Sharon Huskey filed the lawsuit in Gwinnett County Superior Court. The complaint describes her as an experienced cafeteria worker who knew the health code well and was concerned about food safety. Explore Gwinnett school distric...

www. GoodMorningGwinnett.com Join me and 500 entrepreneurs Monday-Thursday @8am for the largest morning mastermind on the planet. Click here join us https://bit.ly/3jLMvUJ Peachtree Corners officials hailed the return of autonomous shuttles during a Wednesday event. Four shuttles made by two different companies will take a 3-mile loop around the city’s test track alongside regular traffic on Techn...