{"id":37101,"date":"2026-02-25T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/?p=37101"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:35:01","slug":"library-media-specialist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/library-media-specialist-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Media Specialist of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm24vyr1-b66f02e4b469f3780494d48557c80a07\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mm24vyr1-b66f02e4b469f3780494d48557c80a07{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mm24vyr1-b66f02e4b469f3780494d48557c80a07 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mm24vyr1-b66f02e4b469f3780494d48557c80a07 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mm24vyr1-b66f02e4b469f3780494d48557c80a07 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >Library Media Specialist of the Year<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-1a475ae6c72fb237a23639952bb168ae hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm24xig2-fc9e4736d92df90df373a2e8e7ece638 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>It is with great pleasure that we announce Dana Farr, Media Specialist at Chestatee High School, has been selected as this year\u2019s Library Media Specialist of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>We are incredibly proud of Dana and the impact she makes on students and staff each day through her leadership, innovation, and dedication to literacy and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Dana will now advance to the Georgia Library Media Association\u2019s North Georgia Regional competition. Please join us in congratulating her and wishing her the very best as she represents Hall County Schools.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37102 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"734\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-9.31.27-AM.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-9.31.27-AM.png 670w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-9.31.27-AM-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/www.hallco.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-9.31.27-AM-644x705.png 644w\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana Farr, Media Specialist at Chestatee High School, has been selected as this year\u2019s Library Media Specialist of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":37103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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