‘Quite frankly, Molly is on fire. Her heart and soul are so big and her hands are so capable’
Kristy Edenfield
Freelance Correspondent
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Georgia HB 8: The Politics of Periods
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.
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Junk 2 Funk 2019
One of Savannah’s hottest tickets each year is for Savannah Arts Academy’s ‘Junk 2 Funk’ fashion show, in which student designers and student models use repurposed materials to create amazing […]
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The local school calendar: A daunting undertaking
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
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Junk 2 Funk: The hottest ticket in town
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
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The Elf On The Shelf: A 21st Century Christmas tradition
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
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Santa’s Pantry: Helping Savannah children who need food
Lack of food at home and food insecurities are significant barriers for children to overcome to be able to learn at school
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Recess and unstructured break time: Parent voices
A majority of parents responded that schools should not be allowed to withhold unstructured breaks (including recess) for disciplinary purposes or for academic activities
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Recess and unstructured break time: Is there a difference?
State law mandates that districts have a policy on unstructured break.
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School board should respect free speech rights of constituents
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.