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in the middle of the chaos. A group of say the hit and run accident happened police say.According to officials, the dents at Oak View Elementary have
female students will be offered schol- around 2 a.m. on Flat Shoals Parkway tractor trailer was passing the train on tested positive for COVID-19 in the
arships to continue their education in near Wellington Court.Investigators Shadburn Ave at Little Mill Rd.No in- last five days. They identified another
Doha. About 20,000 evacuees remain believe the 15-year-old victim was juries were reported. Officials did not 90 students and 13 staff members as
in Qatar for now. walking near the entrance to the Or- immediately provide exact details on “close contacts,” who are now in quar-
White House sources have chard Walk Apartment when he was hit when roads were expected to reopen, antine.”We feel that this is the best de-
informed that President Joe Biden’s by the vehicle. He did not survive his but did say the closure would last for cision for this school community at this
personally Expressed appreciation to injuries.According to police, the driver multiple hours. Drivers are asked to time,” said DeKalb County Superinten-
Qatar’s 41-year-old Emir Tamim bin did not remain at the scene and their avoid the area and take alternate routes. dent Cheryl Watson-Harris.The grades
Hamad Al Thani by phone and gave vehicle should have damage to its front impacted include pre-kindergarten,
substantial credit of the US airlift’s suc- passenger side.If you have any infor- Coach arrested at kindergarten, first, second and fifth.
cess to Qatar’s continued support. mation that could help with the inves- Alpharetta private school The third and fourth grade classes have
tigation, please call the DeKalb County on child porn charges not had any reported cases.”The reason
Digital ID: Georgia among Traffic Specialist Unit at 770-724-7610 Sandy Springs why we’ve decided to close the school
first states to sync driver’s or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS. police arrested is because the number of impacted staff
license, ID to iPhone a 25-year-old members and our confidence in the
Substitute teacher man accused of school’s ability to maintain the high
shortage strains Atlanta possessing child quality and effective operations of the
schools p or n o g raphy school during this time,” Watson-Har-
and making sex- ris explained.The school will be closed
ual contact with from Sept. 3 to 13, though staff will be
a minor over the at Oak View Friday for students who
internet. Police need to pick up their belongings, elec-
said 25-year-old Tarik Uduk was arrest- tronic devices, or other learning mate-
ed and faces 10 counts of possession of rials. Breakfast and lunch will still be
child sexually abusive material.Police served at the school for students who
said they arrested Uduk on Monday need it. Students will have independent
There’s a good chance you’ve put per- Atlanta is offering a bonus for substi- 8/30/2021 at Fulton Science Academy in study Friday and pick up with virtual
sonal information on your iPhone such tute teachers who agree to return to the Alpharetta, where he works as a coach. instruction next Tuesday, Sept. 7.
as your credit card or boarding pass, but classroom. Some are reluctant, citing Police said the investigation started While the children are at home, dis-
are you open to putting your driver’s li- the pandemic. Those instructors tend with a tip someone uploaded explicit trict officials said workers will clean
cense on the device? Apple announced to be mature, retired teachers. At age images to a server and the Georgia Bu- and disinfect the school building in ac-
9/2/2021Wednesday that the Trans- 60 or older, the cash they can earn is reau of Investigation traced the location cordance with CDC guidance.The dis-
portation Security Association (TSA) not worth the risk of possible infection. of the upload to Sandy Springs. Police trict also plans to host free COVID-19
will accept digital IDs from Georgia’s One who has some health issues agreed said search warrants rendered multiple testing and vaccination clinics to help
Department of Drivers Services (DDS) to speak about it. “It’s difficult enough images and videos of sexually explicit members of the Oak View communi-
next year.”We are excited about being keeping the little kids’ hands clean,” she images of children between 12 and 15 ty. The first one will be held Friday at
on the cutting edge of technology and said. “I figured I won’t go back at this years old. Police said detectives are still the DeKalb School District headquar-
to have an option for a mobile license time.” Principals have conducted meet- analyzing images to determine if and of ters in Stone Mountain from 8 a.m. to 1
in addition to the hard card” DDS com- ings telling their full-time staff about the Uduk’s students were victims. Police p.m.”That will allow staff, students and
munications director Shevondah Leslie shortage of substitutes. Because of this, said Uduk was moved to Fulton County families, if they need to, they can get a
said. DDS says “option” is the key word. teachers who want to take vacation may Jail after his arrest. test and they can also become vaccinat-
Physical driver’s licenses are not going have to submit a second or third choice ed. We will have opportunities avail-
anywhere. The digital cards will supple- to get time off scheduled. At some of DeKalb County elementary able for Oak View community so that
ment the traditional cards. “It sounds the schools, an unplanned absence of school closes for 10 days those individuals feel confident when
fine to me,” Daniel Bowden said. “We a full-time instructor has left teachers after rise in COVID-19 they report back to school,” said Deb-
already have so much information, on supervising not one, but two classes. cases orah Moore-Sanders, interim deputy
our phones I don’t see a problem with There goes your social distancing,” said superintendent for student support and
it.” The new offer does give some people Verdaillia Turner, president of the At- intervention. DeKalb schools officials
and tech experts pause. “With technol- lanta Federation of Teachers. Turner said while they cannot ask staff about
ogy it’s easy to hack,” Kelsey Elkins said believes staffing issues will get worse their vaccination status, 89% of those
as she arrived at Hartsfield Jackson for in the coming weeks, leading to more who responded to a voluntary survey
her flight. stress on the full-time staff. She would said they have gotten their COVID-19
“Your license will be encrypt- like to see more options for cyberlearn- shots.The vast majority of elementary
ed according to Apple,” University of ing. But in a statement released by the school students, however, are not eligi-
North Georgia professor Bryson Payne superintendent’s office, administrators Exactly one month after the school year ble, because currently vaccines are only
said. “But it still leaves your iPhone say they are doing a good job handling began, the DeKalb County School Dis- approved for those aged 12 and up.
open to theft. If you don’t use Apple ID covid, including initiating testing for all trict announced they will temporarily
to lock it, then anyone who picks up staff. “We have not experienced teacher close one of their elementary schools.
your phone can get your information.” absences to the point of impacting the According to district officials, 18 stu-
Apple says a handful of states including district’s ability to provided face-to-face
Georgia, Arizona, Kentucky and Iowa instruction.” APS is offering a bonus of
are among the first to link Apple wallet $500 in an attempt to lure substitute in-
to their state IDs. DDS says they’re con- structors back to class.
sidering options for Android users.
Tractor trailer collides Let us HeLp protect Your dreAms.
Police: 15-year-old boy with train, closes roadway
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