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TomCADem

(17,382 posts)
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:40 PM Aug 2020

Georgia school seen in viral photo temporarily closes after 9 students and staff members test

Source: CBS News

A Georgia high school that was featured in a viral photo showing students packed tightly in a hallway has closed temporarily after nine students and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus, CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV reports. North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, reopened for in-person learning August 3.

The school will be closed to in-person learning Monday and Tuesday, according to a letter sent to students' parents and guardians on Sunday. Extracurricular activities have also been canceled for those days.

Students will be informed if they can return for in-person learning on Tuesday night, the letter stated. The letter also noted the building will be "thoroughly cleaned and disinfected" while the school is shuttered.

On Saturday, the school informed students' parents and guardians that after one week of in-person instruction, six students and three staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-coronavirus-school-viral-photo-temporarily-closes-positive-covid-19-tests/



Republicans will have to come up with something really racist or illegal to distract from this.
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Georgia school seen in viral photo temporarily closes after 9 students and staff members test (Original Post) TomCADem Aug 2020 OP
WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!!! Another school in the same district now has Covid cases groundloop Aug 2020 #1
Thanks! I used the e-mail. marble falls Aug 2020 #4
Great idea Georgia RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2020 #2
+1 Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #3

groundloop

(11,514 posts)
1. WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!!! Another school in the same district now has Covid cases
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:59 PM
Aug 2020

I just found out that someone I know who attends Paulding County High School went to the doctor today with symptoms. While test results aren't back yet he was told by the doctor that he almost certainly has Covid.


Edit.... just saw this:


East Paulding parents furious school wasn’t closed after coronavirus cases confirmed

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/paulding-county/east-paulding-parents-furious-school-wasnt-closed-after-coronavirus-cases-confirmed/PHPEF4Q5TZDALAFPUBJIOVOREA/


I bet the superintendent (who refuses to mandate masks, saying they're a 'personal choice' is getting an earful now.


Dr. Brian Otott, Superintendent
botott@paulding.k12.ga.us
770-443-8000


RANDYWILDMAN

(2,664 posts)
2. Great idea Georgia
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 10:39 PM
Aug 2020

yeah Pretty sure they will have even more cases in a few weeks. Shocked says no one, except Trump and Kemp

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