Hill City Elementary School to Close for Remainder of the Week

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HILL CITY ELEMENTARY TO CLOSE

Large Number of Staff impacted by COVID-19 Quarantine/Isolation

Hill City Elementary students will transition to distance learning on the
itsLearning platform for the remainder of this week due to the large number of
instructional staff who have been placed in quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19.
The school has been on yellow/alert status since late last week. While we anticipated
numbers to drop, that has not been the case. Instead, they have increased significantly.
Students and staff will have Winter Break the week of February 15th – 19th and no
assignments will be provided during that time. In-person classes should resume at Hill
City Elementary on Monday, February 22, 2021.

We will be providing daily curbside meal service at the school between 11:30 and
12:30. If you are unable to get to the school to pick up meals and need them, please
email [email protected] by 9 a.m. daily. We will arrange to
have food delivered to you.

MENU for the remainder of the week:
Tuesday- Walking Taco Bowl
Wednesday – Hot Dog with Tater Tots
Thursday – Breaded Chicken Sandwich with Mashed Potatoes
Friday – Breaded Chicken Nuggets
All lunches include fruit, vegetables and milk.

We fully understand the impact school closures have on all of our families, and
we wanted to notify you all as soon as possible today so that you could secure
supervision for your children. In a previous press release on January 20, we shared the
following information pertaining to older siblings supervising younger siblings:
One older sibling will be allowed to transition to distance learning on the itsLearning
platform in order to help with supervising the younger child at home so the parent(s) can
continue to work. When choosing a sibling to be at home to supervise, we encourage
parents to choose a sibling that meets the Child Supervision criteria provided by the

Board of Education
Sue Finley, Chair
Tommy Gartrell, Vice Chair
Tucker Green
Aaron Holland
Steve Smith
Tony Young  – Interim Superintendent

Georgia Department of Family and Children Services. Those guidelines state, “Children (13)
thirteen years and older, who are at an adequate level of maturity, may be left alone and may
perform the role of babysitter, as authorized by the parent, for up to twelve hours.”
If you work outside the home during the school day and need an older sibling to
supervise your HCES student, you must notify the school attendance clerk at the email
noted below for the older student. In the email, you will need to provide the following:
– the name of the older student providing supervision
– the grade level of the older student
– the name of the HCES student they will supervise, and
– the grade level of the HCES student

Attendance email contacts for older siblings:
For grades 9-12, email: [email protected]
For grades 7-8, email: [email protected]
The older student’s attendance will not be penalized during this time; however,
learning expectations and assignment due dates will continue to be in place and grades
for assignments will count.
If you have any questions, please reach out to your child’s teacher.

Media Contact:
Destini Shope
Director of Community Engagement and Public Relations
[email protected]

Judicial Order closes Courts in the Appalachian District

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Judicial Order, Brenda Weaver, Chief Judge, Judge,

GILMER, Ga. – An order declaring a Judicial Emergency has been released from Chief Judge Brenda Weaver was filed today in Gilmer County regarding civil and/or criminal court proceedings in the Appalachian Judicial Circuit (Gilmer, Fannin, Pickens counties).

The order states, “The nature of this emergency is the continued transmission of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 throughout the State of Georgia and the potential infection of those who are required to appear in our courts and interact with large groups due to jury service, including grand jury service, or other large, non-essential calendars.”

As for the cases slated for next week, the order states, “It is the order of the Court that jury trials are CONTINUED, and no jurors or grand jurors shall report, and no jury trials shall be held for a period of 30 days from the date of the entry of this order.”

The order charges all parties and attorneys in specially-set hearings between March 13, 2020, and April 11, 2020, to contact the assigned judge for directions.

The order provides this list of the Amended 2020 Superior Court Calendar in that same time frame:

Additionally, the order calls for attorneys and clients to report and notify each other of any sign or showing of symptoms of illness, even mild ones, prior to or after court as well as any contact or exposure to a Coronavirus positive individual. The attorneys should then contact the judge’s office if this occurs.

The order also states a list of people that “shall not enter Pickens, Gilmer, or Fannin Courthouse or any probation office Pickens, Gilmer, or Fannin Counties, without prior permission from the Chief Judge.” Those people include:

  • Persons who have been in any of the following countries or regions within the last 14 days:
    STATE OF WASHINGTON
    NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK
    CHINA
    SOUTH KOREA
    JAPAN
    ITALY
    IRAN
    EGYPT

  • Persons who reside or have had close contact with someone who has been in one of the countries listed above within the last 14 days;

  • Persons who have been asked to self-quarantine by any doctor, hospital, or health agency;

  • Persons who have been diagnosed within, or have had contact with, anyone who has been diagnosed with Coronavirus (COVID-19);

The order charges Sheriff’s offices in these counties to deny entry to those in violation of this order. It also gives guidance to those under this order’s restrictions on the steps to take. Read the full Judicial Order below:

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 1

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 1

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 2

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 2

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 3

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 4

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 4

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 5

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 5

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 6

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 7

Appalachian Judicial Circuit Order pg. 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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