Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety

A non-partisan, science-based group focused on finding creative strategies to help our children & families during the pandemic & to hold our BoE accountable.

[NYT Health @NYTHealth]

Pandemic school closures set back academic achievement and disrupted the lives of tens of millions of American families. Scientists say there’s a solution: Clean up the air in America’s classrooms. https://t.co/egKok5WlpU

[Lee Becker @lbbecker]

Oconee Schools Announces Community Engagement Session https://t.co/3APbHHSAZK

[Lee Becker @lbbecker]

Oconee County Schools Receives Accreditation, With Praise And Suggestions For Improvement https://t.co/BF2ZFJcqZA

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

Y'all. And, like we haven't seen this in #Oconee County? Yet, it's library books y'all want to ban. Folks are less smart than a sack of bricks! Bless the victims. #gapol

Former youth pastor accused of filming girls as young as 14 inside church bathroom https://t.co/6tFdjzNShy

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

Yes. #Guns are the biggest harm to children. #Georgia #gapol https://t.co/BDmt2GxqM5 #WearOrange

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

Awful. A superintendent. Instead of spending time on attacking books and trans children, maybe we should focus on people and things actually harming children.

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[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

⬇️So are the admin offices a.k.a. "learning center" still getting those expensive decorative columns??? @OconeeCoSchools

[Lee Becker @lbbecker]

Oconee County Schools Construction Spending Is Outstripping The Ability Of The Local Education Sales Tax (ELOST) To Cover Costs, Requiring A Shift To Property Taxes https://t.co/jpYCR6JuFZ

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

"Being educated in the South, especially Alabama, leaves everyone with a choice: Accept what you’ve been given without question, or spend your life wondering how much of what you’ve been taught is true." #gapol #KnowYourHistory
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[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

The attacks on knowledge and U.S. history will create two Americas: one ignorant of truth (the book banners) with lesser or struggling teachers; and one that is vibrant that will have to try to raise the rest up. Banners want "broke" education. #K12 #Georgia #gapol

[David Heath @davidhth]

This Florida teacher says the obvious. Teachers don’t make their students gay. Or indoctrinate them politically. That’s all fabricated by culture warriors to score political points. #RonDeSantis

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

@MatthewBoedy They're just scared all the carefully laid work they've done over centuries will right itself. Really good work here. Similar in #Georgia.

Alabama’s education system was designed to preserve white supremacy. I should know. https://t.co/YO041k2f0u

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

"Earlier this year, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey told lawmakers that parents had begun calling his office to report Black History Month lessons were CRT.
How do you know if you were born into a cult? Risking arrest at a local school board meeting might be a clue." #gapol

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

"Being educated in the South, especially Alabama, leaves everyone with a choice: Accept what you’ve been given without question, or spend your life wondering how much of what you’ve been taught is true." #gapol #KnowYourHistory
https://t.co/YO041k2f0u

[AJC Education News @AJCGetSchooled]

It's Teacher Appreciation Week, a perfect time to ask if flowers and bakery treats are enough to allay teachers' growing disillusionment with the profession. https://t.co/oiHUmaCA3w

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

@Marthareports @BetsyDeVos tried to dismantle public #education as Secretary of Education. She will go down in history as the worst one EVER. And, that will not be controversial history. She almost didn't get confirmed. She is so bad. #K12 #gapol
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[Jonathan Reiner @JReinerMD]

The number 1 cause of death for American children and adolescents is firearms. Wake up. https://t.co/myPutl4oSU

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

🗳️✔️Freedom isn't getting shot in schools, malls, churches, synagogues, or workplaces. Freedom is being able to move freely in society, deliver a package for your job, and not worry about getting shot! #gapol

[Atlanta Journal-Constitution @ajc]

OPINION: "Every time we watch a gut-wrenching mass shooting unfold, we ask, 'What can we do to ensure no city ever again endures the pain Atlanta suffered on Wednesday?' There is a simple answer: We can change the laws." https://t.co/2fXtYFPWZ7

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

Sadly neighboring #Clarke county lost another person to #COVID19. Although no longer a emergency, the U.S. still loses about 1,100 citizens a week to the virus. Encourage your loved ones 65 and older keep up on their vaccines if they are eligible. Vaccines save lives. #gapol

[Lee Becker @lbbecker]

COVID Cases In NE Health District Show Slight Drop; Two Confirmed Deaths From Disease Reported, One In Clarke County https://t.co/rLRGz9uhWX

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

@JasonLBranch Truly mystifying! https://t.co/Hoej9T4mJC

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

Throughout this pandemic, contrary to science-based facts, #Oconee County Schools leadership has failed to mandate masks & has allowed bullying of teachers & kids by anti-mask students. A direct result of the superintendent's poor leadership. #ThursdayMorning #ThrowbackThursday

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

👉Should 3rd graders learn how to use tourniquets for school shootings? Texas bill says yes https://t.co/EKfY8dvEHd via @TODAYshow

[Oconee Co. Schools GA-Board Watch & School Safety @SafetyGa]

@dufort_jeanne @BlakeAued Yep "Bo" clerked for Thomas. Dean Rutledge has made opportunities for students who attended #Athens Academy--connecting them with conservative Supreme Court Justice Barrett. As we all know...this is also where Gov. Kemp's kids attended. https://t.co/BM3oB0qzvA #gapol