Thursday, January 31, 2013
The older brother and sister of a student at Grace Snell Middle School were arrested last week when they went to the school and confronted a student they believe had bullied their sister.
Rashad Tre Levels, 19, and Leporscha Maurell Woods, 27, of 3608 Perserve Woods Lane, Loganville, were charged with terroristic threats and acts and remaining on school property without cause following an incident at Grace Snell Middle School last week. Woods was also charged with disorderly conduct. According to a report from Gwinnett County Schools Police, officials were called to Grace Middle School in Loganville during lunch break on Jan. 25, 2013. Officials at the school reported that Woods and Levels had arrived at the school to have lunch with a sibling. During the visit they confronted another student accused of bullying their sister. It reportedly caused a "huge" disturbance in the commons area and the two refused to leave when …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Parents of students at Magill Elementary and Grace Snell Middle say schools should do more to inform parents of what's going on during a lockdown.
After the frightening lockdown at Magill Elementary and Grace Snell Middle on the afternoon of Jan. 9, parents are calling for schools to communicate more openly during a time of crisis. Patch reader Garrett Cronnelly posted the following comment on the original story: "To Magill Elementary Administrators: While we felt secure that our children were being protected by procedures and their teachers, we felt that the lack of communication from Magill and Grace Snell Administrators for 1 1/2 hours from the school was ridiculous and terrifying. A simple recorded message would have been sufficient to calm our fears. Yet over 30 phone calls (neither school answered any of my repeated calls) and countless conversations with neighbors FINALLY …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Threat was called in just before 9 a.m.
UPDATED: By 10:05 a.m., the school's students, faculty and staff were given the all-clear to re-enter the school, according to a tweet on Gwinnett County Public School's Twitter account. Grace Snell Middle School, which serves children in Snellville, was evacuated just before 9 a.m. this morning, according to Gwinnett County Public School spokesman Jorge Quintana. "Grace Snell MS is currently evacuating as a precaution due to a threat that was called into the school," Quintana said. "All students are safe and nothing has occurred at the school. The school has evacuated just as a precaution. Emergency personnel have responded and will check out the building prior to returning students to class. Quintanta said as the school is currently …
Justin Rempe
9:48 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
Craig, I feel you are missing a very important aspect to the lockdown scenario. Dozens of vehicles continued to arrive at JC Magill "AFTER" the school was locked down, putting many more lives potentially into harm's way. I know this because my wife and youngest child were among those to arrive "AFTER" the lockdown, but before the police blocked entry and exit to the pickup area. An immediate text… more ›