Burgamy named Gwinnett Teacher of the Year

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Public Schools | No Comments »

The Gwinnett Buzz would like to congratulate Aimée Burgamy, an art teacher at Trickum Middle School, for being named Gwinnett County Schools Teacher of the Year. I do not want to ... Read more..

Morning update on Gwinnett results

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Public Schools, Gwinnett Elections, National Politics | No Comments »

As far as outcomes, there is no change in the result of the Gwinnett races this morning.  However, the near final tally in the District 5 school board race between ... Read more..

Good night for Gwinnett

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Charles Bannister, Courts, Gwinnett Business, Gwinnett County Commission, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Gwinnett Elections, Mike Beaudreau, National Politics, Real Estate Development, Taxes | 1 Comment »

With nearly all precincts reporting, Commission Chairman Charles Bannister and District 3 Commissioner Mike Beaudreau have easily won reelection.  In school board races, District 1 board member Carol Boyce and ... Read more..

Gwinnett school superintendent controversy

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Public Schools | No Comments »

I wanted to touch on the controvery surrounding Gwinnett County school superintendent, Alvin Wilbanks.  I intiially saw the AJC article about the disproportionate number of discipline cases for black students ... Read more..

Time to get caught up on Gwinnett news!

Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Charles Bannister, City of Snellville, Gwinnett County Commission, Gwinnett Elections, Planning and Zoning | No Comments »

Since the primary runoffs wrapped up last week, I have not been actively updating the Buzz.  I think I subconciously needed a bit of a break and my attention was ... Read more..

Are the Gwinnett County schools becoming a police state?

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Public Schools, Law Enforcement | No Comments »

The Gwinnett County schools are keeping their police force busy.  While most of the incidents in that list are bona fide criminal activity - underage drinking and drug possession, for ... Read more..

Strong stand on teacher ethics by GCPS

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Public Schools | No Comments »

I recently criticized the Gwinnett County school board for their weak treatment of students failing gateway exams.  However, the AJC has reported that the school system has not been soft ... Read more..

Gwinnett school board weakens standards

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Public Schools | No Comments »

Thursday, the Gwinnett County School Board dealt a blow to the cause of higher educational standards in the our county school system.  Gwinnett wisely requires students to pass various "Gateway" ... Read more..

What is wrong with schoolkids these days?

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Assaulting a fellow student with a box cutter?  That is what Mill Creek High School student Amber Lynn Menniefee stands accused of doing to Shariff Omar Richardson.  Granted, Richardson ... Read more..

Parties to include questions on primary ballot

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Gwinnett County Commission, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Gwinnett Elections, Immigration | No Comments »

Both the Republican and Democrat parties will have questions for their voters on the July 15 primary ballot. The questions for each party will differ and can be reviewed ... Read more..

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