Monica Ball was picked to serve as principal of Graves Elementary School. Ball, a former principal at Rosebud Elementary, worked this year on a special assignment for Gwinnett County Public Schools’ human resources division. She taught third grade for 15 years in the school district and has a specialist’s degree in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University. She will take over for Kono Smith, who is retiring.
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Fewer than 700 units in metro Atlanta are listed at $1,000-a-month or less, according to Atticus LeBlanc, chief executive of Atlanta-based PadSplit, which connects lower-income people to shared housing.","_id":"KCIUJNLK6VCQPIMQ3PIRQCZLMM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625088919082,"type":"text","content":"“It comes down to the same thing, a lack of supply,” said LeBlanc.","_id":"NE6KPZ4VRRGN7A2YDTDIJBXFGY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625088919083,"type":"text","content":"The biggest challenges are for people with an unreliable income.","_id":"IH7CBEHASBGFVNOQ4MDDKDW3QI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625257134085,"type":"text","content":"In 2019, Keosha Roache, 32, a teacher, had a $1,000-a-month apartment in Ellenwood. She was studying for a masters degree, but took time off from her job, she said. “I had to; I had a baby. 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Protesters have been marching for half an hour in solidarity with the newly formed "Atlanta Homeless Union" following yesterday's protest and arrests outside City Hall. The group has issued demands for "homes, healthcare, water, and a seat at the table." Story for @AJC to come. pic.twitter.com/F8PR9Os9M0
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Every time I get on [social media], I get hit in the face with a lot of political stuff,” Nina Servio, 20, said. She said she occasionally posts, but often tries to keep her opinions to herself to avoid getting caught in the storm of negative comments. Servio said she feels conflicted about social media activism. ","_id":"I5C7M4CEIFGNDCAJBS2GE6LIM4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"type":"text","content":"“It feels like the right thing to do, but it also feels like it doesn’t do anything,” she said.","_id":"Z2MSS2OPMVD2VHWAUGR547I6BU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624902155437,"type":"text","content":"Servio said that social media has become a “performative activist outlet” for many of her peers, and she does not see their activism translate into real-life action. 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After Darnell’s death, Fulton Commission Chairman Robb Pitts told Atlanta Progressive News that he and the other commissioners would represent her district.","_id":"JANIK5Y5SFEL3JKN247LLBY4IE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625256725153,"type":"text","content":"Following the code","_id":"2MDFW7HJ35FCXN2PJCGW7BHGAM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625256725155,"type":"text","content":"Most recently, the chief deputy of the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office, Roland Boeher, has stepped in to handle the day-to-day duties of controversial Sheriff Victor Hill.","_id":"LYVTQMIDWJH3THRHEYMNN2ZZEE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625527225358,"type":"text","content":"Hill was suspended by Gov. Brian Kemp in June after a federal indictment earlier in the year accused the sheriff of violating the civil rights of four detainees. 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Jones said he may introduce legislation in next year’s General Assembly to create more uniformity in how municipalities deal with succession.","_id":"KCVYEOGKCRDZDNGQTJOEVFAIZY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625256725161,"type":"text","content":"If he does he may run afoul of his colleagues at the municipal level. Clayton County Commissioner Felicia Franklin said she is an advocate of “home rule,” the doctrine that says decisions should be made on the local level and not by outsiders like state government.","_id":"P3OD3JNZYZG57BYKVZLRB6WFSI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625256725162,"type":"text","content":"“These decisions should be made locally and I think we need to protect home rule as a governing body,” she said.","_id":"35STT4S6T5HXBMTGSOQKKE55DI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625256725163,"type":"text","content":"Dave Wills, the executive director of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, agreed. He said he doesn’t want the state to make decisions that are better understood by people in the community. 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Workers kept tallies to make sure arrivals didn’t exceed the limits of visitors for a patient. When it did, the visitors waited for an opening before entering the patient’s room.","_id":"5I3W2EYVEFAJPFIOMXPJUPR5OA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625182140993,"type":"text","content":"With the caps on visits, the hallways were mostly empty.","_id":"UQSEOCVENVFP3NUVSIZVX27USU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299764,"type":"text","content":"Across the state, each hospital or hospital system makes its own visitation policies, but they follow guidance from the Georgia Department of Public Health and broad recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC updated its guidance in April to say hospitals can consider allowing visitors if community COVID-19 levels remain at low to moderate levels.","_id":"HA5KLAAYNZCVRB5QL532MG6DZE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625182140995,"type":"text","content":"“We have eased some of our visitor restrictions and begun to allow visitors to our patients on a limited basis at each of our hospitals,” said Northside Hospital spokeswoman Katherine G. Watson in an e-mail. “As always, Northside continues to monitor COVID data and public health guidance to inform our decision making on visitation to our facilities.”","_id":"62CHGZSUGFFBJFIZAOF5YWY4EQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299765,"type":"text","content":"Rules vary from hospital to hospital but the policies apply to all visitors — regardless of vaccination status. In general, hospitals across the state, including Emory, Piedmont and Northside Hospitals, are allowing either one or two visitors throughout their facilities. That includes the emergency room, surgery areas and critical care units.","_id":"F3R3ULDRZ5FX3K2YUGGOFBP7UY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625167870902,"type":"text","content":"In labor and delivery units, two visitors are generally allowed, even at hospitals with more restrictive visitation policies in other areas. Some hospitals, including Northeast Georgia Medical Center, allow siblings of newborns to join baby and mom. 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Those visitors are required to wear PPE including N95 masks, face shields, gloves, and an isolation gown.","_id":"LSCHVITGHJEPDGK5GXQTYAPVEQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299767,"type":"text","content":"Other hospitals, including Emory Healthcare, Piedmont and Northside are not allowing visitors into the rooms of COVID-19 patients at this time, including people who are vaccinated. Some exceptions can be made in special circumstances, such as patients receiving end-of-life care.","_id":"BDQXNLPMSVD7DB7XNTEKWPGFBU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625236326750,"type":"text","content":"Emory Healthcare recently updated visitation policy includes a color-coded, four-tiered graphic for visitation restrictions. These range from a green, “Tier O” low prevalence of COVID-19 when visitor restrictions are lifted, to a red, “Tier 3” high prevalence for COVID-19 with visits only allowed for end-of-life and for patient safety.","_id":"VNQYGGABMFGRFLHF4YK2NG44NU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299769,"type":"text","content":"Emory, which is only allowing one visitor in most situations, is currently at a “Tier 1” ― which the hospital considers a mild restriction level.","_id":"3JAKIYC6KZB3NAQXULLXXFCNGE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299770,"type":"text","content":"The color-coded policy reflects ever-changing conditions. The number of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths in Georgia are at the lowest levels since the earliest days of the pandemic, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of state figures. On Thursday, the seven-day rolling average of confirmed and probable new coronavirus infections in the state was 426, down about 96% since the January peak.","_id":"GFT52IBMWBEZZG4PS4HD3JBP74","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625170442879,"type":"text","content":"But public health experts warn the pandemic still remains prevalent and they worry that a new strain of the disease, known as the delta variant, could pose new threats. They also worry about the fall and winter months when flu returns.","level":2,"_id":"FSQOK47D6BCNFG2HD7PQIGKUUE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625167870909,"type":"header","content":"Visitation lockdowns","_id":"PKAEJLE7WJH2PHYXR6RNBSHM2E","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299771,"type":"text","content":"Visitation lockdowns were deemed necessary early in the pandemic for health safety and to prevent virus spread. There were also grave shortages of personal protective equipment, or PPE.","_id":"PZJTVZI4GJATZAECH45L3L6LYE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299772,"type":"text","content":"But those bans on visits came at an enormous emotional toll. The very sick faced hospital stays without the in-person support of loved ones. Those loved ones often waited anxiously for a call from a nurse or doctor. This was true for all patients, even those who were not battling COVID-19.","_id":"PYYQGQZ5CFBEDFNUGNS6P5YN7I","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299773,"type":"text","content":"Some are questioning whether the restrictions went too far, and say states and hospitals need to set policies that balance safety while recognizing the needs of patients, particularly the needs of patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses and those who are near end-of-life.","_id":"ZBYMKWORXNCSTNJFWIGEF4YKTU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625167870913,"type":"text","content":"“The impact on the patient and the family members, it’s a tragedy,” wrote Dr. Daniel Garros is a co-author of a journal article on the subject published in the July issue of the American Journal of Critical Care.","_id":"WEHO545CCNABHBQ32JR4D4DNSE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625167870914,"type":"text","content":"“Family members of these patients will never forget they were not able to say goodbye to their loves ones, and there’s also the patients dying alone,” he wrote.","_id":"UZ3Q6CIL3ZA6BJVNBXISM4LBZE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299777,"type":"text","content":"Garros, a staff physician at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and clinical professor at the University of Alberta. said the situation also caused deep and lasting psychological scars on health care workers as well.","_id":"LYWWIUTA45BW7NNCCKOJSYTWLY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299778,"type":"text","content":"“This should have never been allowed to happen and we should make sure it never happens again,” he said.","_id":"UZ3Q6CIL3ZA6BJVNBXISM4LBZE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299777,"type":"text","content":"Pam Redman, Piedmont Atlanta’s director of patient experience, said the hospital’s decision to restrict visitors was not an easy one. She and other hospital workers maintained that even when visitors are not allowed, they will consider exceptions, particularly for end-of-life care.","_id":"JYWHNRBHEJCSRPP654XCAHF47I","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299780,"type":"text","content":"“How do you manage a group of folks when our role is not to keep people away from their loved ones but to keep everyone safe?” Redmon said.","_id":"R25TPN6XFVAFBHJYA7IIWJISOQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625236326768,"type":"text","content":"Redman said it’s too early to know what visits will look like during the coming months.","_id":"EDEAHLUUDRF6XGBYCWLQERWGV4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299782,"type":"text","content":"“I don’t think we are over this pandemic to be able to do a comprehensive assessment of what visitation would look like,” she said.","_id":"HWVC47PW7BCMFMEJ35NNKEJAPQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1625164299789,"type":"text","content":"Meanwhile, back at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, James Hardigree of Gainesville sat by the bedside of his mother, Patricia Hardigree, who is 74, and who was undergoing tests to determine the cause of her health’s sudden decline. 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DeKalb County last year became the first in Georgia to voluntarily translate materials into Korean and Gwinnett is considering translating voter materials into a number of Asian languages. Victoria Huynh, senior vice president for the Center for Pan Asian Community Services, said she’s passed out voter information at grocery stores and seen more activity on social media. Her group shares information in seven languages, and has in-house abilities to translate into 10 more.","_id":"6JB7G2BHH5F7BGZDMEJ4HL3Q74","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1624537673110,"type":"text","content":"Cam T. Ashling, chair of the Georgia Advancing Progress PAC and an operative involved in a number of Democratic campaigns, said volunteers sent more than 15,000 postcards to voters in seven languages. 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