Kristy Edenfield

Homeless churches helping homeless people

• By Kristy Edenfield
The reasons for homelessness are as diverse as the population itself, but some of the reasons include illness, divorce, inability to receive aid, and loss of job.
• Tags: Community, Homelessness, Homeless churches, Rev. Kevin Veitinger, Father Michael Chaney, Pastor Candace Hardnett, Community of St. Joseph, Savannah LGBT Center, Agape Empowerment Ministries

Georgia HB 83: The Politics of Recess

• By Kristy Edenfield
There is an abundance of scientific research that unequivocally proves that daily recess is essential for children
• Tags: Politics, Recess, HB 83, State Representative Demetrius Douglas

Georgia HB 481: The politics of a woman's uterus

• By Kristy Edenfield
On many legislative issues, lawmakers can find some common ground, but on the abortion issue, there is no middle-of-the-road
• Tags: Politics, Abortion, HB 481, Heartbeat bill, Six-week abortion ban, Brian Kemp, Reproductive health, Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates, Reproductive rights

Soup it up for Loop It Up: Connecting the dots

• By Kristy Edenfield
'Quite frankly, Molly is on fire. Her heart and soul are so big and her hands are so capable'
• Tags: Community, Loop It Up, Howard Morrison, Warm Up America, West Broad Street YMCA, Molly Lieberman, Soup It Up, SCCPSS, 21st Century Community Learning Center, Knights of Columbus Hall

Georgia HB 8: The Politics of Periods

• By Kristy Edenfield
The cost of pads, tampons, and menstrual cups alone will run a woman about $6,000 over the years she menstruates -- and right now Georgia applies a luxury tax to those items.
• Tags: Politics, HB 8, Period tax, Menstruation, Georgia STOMP, Georgia state legislature, Georgia Women, Project Period Savannah

The local school calendar: A daunting undertaking

Process is difficult and guaranteed to displease someone

• By Kristy Edenfield
Developing the academic school calendar and deciding what factors need to be considered for scheduling for 38,000 students and 5,600 staff members is a daunting challenge
• Tags: Education, School calendar, SCCPSS

Junk 2 Funk: The hottest ticket in town

• By Kristy Edenfield
From designers putting final touches on their masterpieces, to theatre tech students building the stage, to models learning the show choreography — almost every student is frenzied with excitement for the 11th annual Junk 2 Funk event
• Tags: Culture, Junk 2 Funk, Savannah Arts Academy, Fashion

The Elf On The Shelf: A 21st Century Christmas tradition

• By Kristy Edenfield
The first Elf on the Shelf was produced in 2005, and now families can adopt boy and girl “scout elves” in light and dark skin tones
• Tags: Community, Elf on the Shelf

Santa’s Pantry: Helping Savannah children who need food

• By Kristy Edenfield
Lack of food at home and food insecurities are significant barriers for children to overcome to be able to learn at school
• Tags: Community, Santa's Pantry, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Free or reduced lunch, Food insecurity

Recess and unstructured break time: Parent voices

• By Kristy Edenfield
A majority of parents responded that schools should not be allowed to withhold unstructured breaks (including recess) for disciplinary purposes or for academic activities
• Tags: City Notebook, Recess, Unstructured break time, School board

Recess and unstructured break time: Is there a difference?

• By Kristy Edenfield
State law mandates that districts have a policy on unstructured break.
• Tags: Free Speech, Recess, Unstructured break time, SCCPSS

School board should respect free speech rights of constituents

• By Kristy Edenfield
Generally on these hot-button issues ten to twelve members of the public have shown up to speak, adding no more than an average additional hour to the monthly public meeting. Our School Board Members asked for their jobs, they raised money to campaign for their jobs, they went door-to-door and asked for you to trust them with your vote. And now they want to vote to eliminate public comments and censor their constituents at publicly held School Board meetings. Before they vote on policies that affect our community.