Friday, March 15, 2024

COVID-19 Cases In Northeast Health District Continue To Decline, Georgia Department Of Public Health Data Show

***Clarke Has Confirmed Death From Disease***

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added only 132 new cases of COVID 19 in the week ending on March 13, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.

The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 229 cases in the week ending on March 6, 311 cases in the week ending on Feb. 28, and 374 cases in the week ending on Feb. 21.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Legislation Proposed By Oconee County School Board Would Produce Two Changes But Allow Only One Yes Or No Vote On December Ballot

***Would Overturn Election Of Board Chair***

The Oconee County Board of Education on Monday night released on its web site and via social media the full text of the law it wants passed to change how the chair of the Board of Education is selected.

If the bill passes and becomes law, the ballot item for the November election would ask voters if they want the Board to appoint its own chair, rather than have voters do that, as is the case at present.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Vast Majority Of Votes Cast In Oconee County Were In Republican Presidential Primary; Trump Received 77.4 Percent Of Vote

***Biden Received 94.2 Percent Of Democratic Vote***

Former President Donald Trump received 77.4 percent of the vote in the Republican Presidential Preference Primary in Oconee County on Tuesday, and President Joseph Biden received 94.2 percent of the vote in the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary.

Only 5,243 (17.2 percent) of the 30,488 active voters cast a ballot in the two primaries, with 4,471 (85.3 percent) voting in the Republican Primary and 772 (14.7 percent) voting in the Democratic Primary.

Monday, March 11, 2024

Oconee County School Board Seeking Legislation To Change How It Fills Vacancies And How Chair Is Elected

***No Formal Vote Taken***

Oconee County of Board of Education Member Tim Burgess informed the other members of the Board at their meeting on Monday that he is expecting the county’s state legislators to introduce bills shortly to change the ways the Board operates.

The legislation would require vacancies on the Board to be filled by voters under most circumstances rather than by the Board itself and would allow the Board, rather than voters, to select the Board Chair.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Oconee County School Board, State Legislators, Have Plans To File Legislation, But What That Legislation Will Do Is A Secret

***Legal Advertisement The Only Hint***

The Oconee County Board of Education and the county’s two House members in the Georgia General Assembly have a secret they have worked hard to keep.

The Board met with the legislators in an unpublicized meeting last fall before the current legislative session began, using a legal loophole in the state’s Open Meetings Act allowing them to do that.

Saturday, March 09, 2024

Oconee School Board Looking For New Oconee County High School Principal When Yancey Moves To Central Administration In June

***Board Approves Revised Pay Schedule For Cafeteria Workers***

Kevin Yancey, Principal at Oconee County High School, will become Director of Student Services for Oconee County Schools on June 3, reporting to Assistant Superintendent of Student Services Suzanne Korngold.

The Oconee County Board of Education approved the move of Yancey along with other personnel recommendations from Superintendent Jason Branch after meeting in executive session at the end of its work session on Monday.

Official Count Of COVID-19 Cases In Department of Public Health Northeast Health District Continues Sharp Decline

***Four Confirmed Deaths From Disease Reported***

The Georgia Department of Public Health reported that the Northeast Health District added only 229 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on March 6, based on the Department’s electronic tracking system.

The Department of Public Health reported the Northeast Health District had added 311 cases in the week ending on Feb. 28, 374 cases in the week ending on Feb. 21, 509 cases in the week ending on Feb. 14, and 485 cases in the week ending on Feb. 7.