LOCAL
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
Friday, June 19, 2020 5A
SCHOOLS
■ Continued from 1A
for the foreseeable future,’” he said in the video. “There
is no waiting in our back rooms and basements until
COVID is over with before we can have school again.”
Schofield said between 25% and 45% of families with
children attending Hall schools would be unable to go to
work if students were not in schools, making continuing
school from home “a deal breaker.”
He also said the district’s youngest learners, particularly
those “that are coming from conditions of poverty,” have
lost as much as a year of literacy and numeracy abilities
over the last four months, making a return to in-person edu
cation a top priority for the district.
“I would be the first to say, with 31 years in public educa
tion, that our young learners cannot afford to lose a year
of literacy and numeracy ability and instruction, ” Schofield
said. “And the longer we wait to go back to school, the more
that slide is going to continue.”
Schofield did acknowledge that some families would be
uncomfortable returning to schools and said the district would
“do the best we can to walk alongside you and provide you
resources to keep the learning process going for your home.”
He also said the district’s plans for sanitation, transporta
tion and potential requirements for students and faculty to
don masks and other PPE were still under consideration,
and more information would be forthcoming. Schofield
added there was a possibility some buildings may have to be
closed during the school year, stating that “what we’re going
to have to be, in terms of perhaps above all else, is flexible.”
“I wish I had a magic answer, a template on your screen
that said here’s what we’re going to do, one, two, three, four,
and it’s going to be just perfect,” he said. “There are no per
fect answers. But I can tell you one thing: there will be 3,400
adults working until their fingers bleed to provide a positive,
encouraging and productive education experience for the
students of Hall County.”
DACA
■ Continued from 1A
alone—to pass much-needed
immigration reform. After its
second power grab this week,
it’s clear that Congress needs
to step up and take back
its constitutionally granted
authority to do its job.”
Chief Justice John Rob
erts, joined by four liberal
colleagues, wrote for the
court that the administration
did not pursue the end of the
program properly.
“We do not decide
whether DACA or its rescis
sion are sound policies,”
Roberts wrote. “We address
only whether the agency
complied with the proce
dural requirement that it
provide a reasoned explana
tion for its action. Here the
agency failed to consider
the conspicuous issues of
whether to retain forbear
ance and what if anything
to do about the hardship to
DACA recipients.”
The Department of Home
land Security can try again,
he wrote.
The court’s four conser
vative justices dissented.
Justice Clarence Thomas, in
a dissent joined by Justices
Samuel Alito and Neil Gor-
such, wrote that DACA was
illegal from the moment
it was created under the
Obama administration in
2012.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
wrote in a separate dissent
that he was satisfied that the
administration acted appro
priately in trying to end the
program.
DACA covers people who
have been in the United
States since they were chil
dren and are in the country
illegally. In some cases, they
have no memory of any
home other than the U.S.
The program grew out
of an impasse over a com
prehensive immigration
bill between Congress and
the Obama administration
in 2012. President Barack
Obama decided to formally
protect people from depor
tation while also allowing
them to work legally in the
U.S.
But Trump made tough
talk on immigration a cen
tral part of his campaign and
less than eight months after
taking office, he announced
in September 2017 that he
would end DACA.
Immigrants, civil rights
groups, universities and
Democratic-led states
quickly sued, and courts put
the administration’s plan on
hold.
The Department of Home
land Security has continued
to process two-year DACA
renewals so that hundreds
of thousands of DACA
recipients have protections
stretching beyond the elec
tion and even into 2022.
The Supreme Court fight
over DACA played out in a
kind of legal slow motion.
The administration first
wanted the justices to hear
and decide the case by June
2018. The justices said no.
The Justice Department
returned to the court later
in 2018, but the justices did
nothing for more than seven
months before agreeing a
year ago to hear arguments.
Those took place in Novem
ber and more than seven
months elapsed before the
court’s decision.
Reporter Nick Watson
contribute to this report.
a Apartments
FOR RENT
RPC Partners
2 Bedrm. Apartments
Gainesville, Oakwood & Flowery Branch
$ 300 Move in Special
Plus Deposit
770-654-2807
@yourservice
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY AND SERVICE GUIDE
To place your company’s fftmte
advertisement, call us VUIuRS
today at 770-535-1199 gainesvilletimes .com
Satterfield
Contractors C
K7R-936-2678
We are a state
licensed and
insured contractor,
we do new
construction,
complete remodels
^nd all repairs,
decks and under
deck systems.
satterfieldcontractors@gmail.com
A MEGA
REMODELING
678-617-1403
CALL US TODAY TO SCHEDULE YOUR ESTIMATE.
Painting
Interior • Exterior • Re-Paints • Trim
Flooring
Hardwood • Laminate
Tile
Showers • Back Splashes • ETC
Handyman
Light Fixture • General Work • ETC
Pressure Washing
BEST PAINTER IN TOWN
The Sod Father division of
■ Farm Fresh Sod A
URF^
Georgia’s Finest Pine Straw
Northeast Georgia’s baled pine straw specialist!
TifTuf Bermuda tiftof
Rebel Fescue TifRiair
TifBlair Centipede ^883 cYf**?*^
Zeon Zoysia
Marvel Zoysia
TifTuf Bermuda sod
$225.00 per pallet/
504 square feet per pallet.
$2.00 per
square piece of sod.
Monday through Friday
7-5 pm Saturday !
pm
Georgia Chapter
GCSAAw
INDUSTRY PARTNER
(770)287-8300 fp www.GeorgiasFinestPineStraw.com
2650 Browns Bridge Bd, Gainesville, Ga 30504
CJ S TREE SERVICE
CALL TODAY
fora
Free Estimate
B 770-532-2436
House Wash, Driveways, All
Concrete Surfaces, Decks & More!
votSMinu
residenbiof C commercial
FREE
ESTIMATES!
J
10% OFF
Your Pressure
Washing Job
WITH THIS COUPON
LICENSED & INSURED
770.356.9205 • www.aroundtownpw.com
Make your woods look like a park
Corp Approved Lake Paths and Steps • Trenching
Grading/Landscaping • Retaining Walls
Timber and Beautiful Anchor Diamond Walls
lawns
nrsTALL^
SMALL JOBS O.K.
Drainage/Erosion Problems
Semi-Retired • Affordable
Mike 678-410-1375
www.ngabeds.com
AfTTGNfTi^VJ
Daily Specials on
everything from
Equipment to Pallets.
Bring in this ad and
get a 5% Discount!
3887 Athens Highway • Talmo GA, 30575
770-535-2476 Phone • 770-535-1156 Fax
Mulch • Gravel • Sand
River Rock • Fill Dirt
Top Soil • White Marble
Red Rock & More
WE DELIVER!
Customer Pick-Up is also available
We Accept All Major Credit Cards
1364 Candler Rd
Gainesville, Ga 30507
770-534-6928
770-536-4731
Georgia’s Finest Pine Straw
^ ^= SS =^JI' Northeast Georgia’s baled pine straw specialist!
PIP“SPRING TIME FLOWERS FOR SALE’f
7 Flowering Bedding Plants
$1.00 Each!
Watermelon
Elephant Ears
Gerbra Daisies _ „ „
Jalapeho Pepper P e PP er
Zinnias Caladiums Cucumber & Squash
M Dusty Miller Cayenne & Banana Pepper
Vinca
Salvia
Herbs
Coleus
Verbena
Begonias
An gel on ia
Impatiens
Tomato
(Roma, Cherry, Big Boy Heirloom)
(Green, Yellow, Red)
■ ■ - - M.—
(770)287-8300 ® www.GeorgiasFinestPineStraw.com
2650 Browns Bridge Bd, Gainesville, Ga 30504
ii te Trailers
We Sell • We Service • We Finance
Equipment Hauling Trailers - Enclosed Cargo
Vans - Landscape Trailers - Dump Trailers
We have full service repair shop for all types of trailers.
Monday-Friday 8-5 and Saturday 8-2 pm. Location is
2650 Browns Bridge Road Gainesville GA 30504.
Also we have a parts department for all trailer needs
Call tfldJY
770-287-8300
