Unlike most of Georgia’s middle schoolers, students at Atlanta SMART Academy started classes this month as their school’s inaugural class. Atlanta SMART is a new charter performing arts school for students in grades 5-8. Founded by Patrice Meadows, the school’s name Atlanta SMART is a portmanteau of Science, MAth and aRT. Meadows, a former teacher, […]
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Georgia’s Sen. Warnock focuses on jobs amid Afghan questions
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is seeking to highlight the infrastructure bill that senators passed, but he’s careful to say he’s not giving up on voting rights legislation and Medicaid expansion. “I like to put it this way: America needs a home improvement project,” the Georgia Democrat told the Atlanta Press Club on Thursday. He said […]
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Atlanta Public Schools moving to GoFans E-Tickets for sporting events
As football season returns for Atlanta Public Schools this season, things will look a bit different. After not having fans at all last season, fans will be allowed and also ticket sales will move to electronic through the GoFan App. This move comes as a way to limit in person contact at games, make games […]
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Atlanta Public Schools Moves to E-Tickets for Sporting Events
As high school sports have returned in full, with the football season kicking off this week, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) plans to make the experience of attending games safer and more efficient for parents and fans this season. The district is implementing an e-ticket only initiative at all athletic events charging admission. This new process […]
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Spelman Faculty Halt Face-to-Face Classes
Spelman College professors will not be teaching in-person classes this semester until they receive clear and enforceable protocol and safety guidelines the Spelman Faculty Council announced in an email to students sent Thursday morning. Classes began yesterday at Spelman College and hundreds of students have already moved back to Atlanta for the semester. Spelman released […]
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High School: Mays, Carver suffer big losses in opening games at 2021 Corky Kell Classic
Both APS teams in the Mays Raiders and the Carver Panthers took big losses in their opening games at the 2021 Corky Kell Classic. The Mays Raiders fell to the Cherokee Warriors 52-8 thanks to a big game by Warriors quarterback and Maryland commit A.J. Swann. Swann finished the game 14-18, 247 yards, four touchdowns […]
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Sequencing Used to Identify Delta, Other Coronavirus Variants
Researchers use genomic sequencing — not the clinical tests used to diagnose patients with COVID-19 — to identify and track specific variants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, including the highly contagious delta variant. But viral posts try to deny the existence of the variant by misleadingly claiming there is “no ‘Delta Variant’ test.” What tests […]
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R. Kelly due back in court for opening of sex abuse trial
R&B star R. Kelly will be back in a criminal court on Wednesday, this time for opening statements in his long-anticipated federal trial arising from years of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while pursuing fame and fortune. More than a decade has passed since Kelly was acquitted in a 2008 child pornography […]
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Senator Jon Ossoff pushes bill to increase transit and transportation infrastructure in low-income and rural communities
U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s Local Transit Planning Support Act passed the U.S. Senate last week as part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill will increase funding to plan transit and transportation development in both low-income and low-density areas and boost economic opportunity and quality of life in urban and rural communities […]
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Mays, Carver start season in Corky Kell Classic Wednesday
The 2021 Georgia High school football will kick off its annual Corky Kell Classic today at West Forsyth High School. The Classic will last four days from Wednesday until Thursday and will feature two APS schools and one Fulton County School competing in the jamboree. Mays and Carver High School are the two schools representing […]
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Hospitals overwhelmed by another surge of COVID-19 patients, financial strain
The latest surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., driven by the delta variant of the virus that causes the disease, has pushed up the seven-day average of COVID-19 hospitalizations from 19,123 on June 15 to 80,664 on Aug. 15 — an increase of 322%. The hospitalizations tend to be higher in states with low vaccination rates, including Florida, Alabama, […]
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Georgia board to tap election review panel for Fulton County
The Georgia State Board of Elections plans to appoint a review panel this week as part of a process that could lead to a takeover of elections in the state’s most populous county under a provision in the state’s sweeping new election law. Republican lawmakers cited the new law when they asked the state board […]
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TSA extends into January mask rule for airline passengers
Federal officials are extending into January a requirement that people on airline flights and public transportation wear face masks, a rule intended to limit the spread of COVID-19. The Transportation Security Administration’s current order was scheduled to expire Sept. 13. An agency spokesman said Tuesday that the mandate will be extended until Jan. 18. The […]
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Kay Pace Elementary School of the Arts will Shift to Virtual Learning for the Rest of August
The Clayton County Public School (CCPS) district announced Wednesday afternoon that the school would be closed the following day. Kay Pace students and staff are scheduled to return in person on September 2. Data from the CCPS COVID-19 Dashboard shows that 155 students and 43 staff members tested positive in the first week of school. […]
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Setting a New Table: Advancing Corporate Racial Equity beyond Statements
Doing business in Atlanta requires an awareness of and responsiveness to community needs and Atlanta’s civic history – a civic consciousness – that has historically helped the city rise above economic decline when faced with civil unrest. When riots gripped the rest of nation in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., white […]