Days after photos of its packed halls went viral, a Georgia high school is reporting that six students and three staffers have tested positive for COVID-19
A Georgia high school has recorded nine coronavirus cases days after photos of its packed hallways went viral. Photo: PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou/Getty Images/PhotoAlto Last week, arresting images of the jam-packed hallways at Georgia’s North Paulding High School went viral.
“At this time, we know there were six students and three staff members who were in school for at least some time last week who have since reported to us that they have tested positive,” reads a letter from North Paulding High School principal Gabe Carmona, sent to parents on Saturday and obtained by the AJC.
The letter makes no mention of making students wear masks, or suspending in-person education; it simply asks parents to perform temperature checks on their children twice daily and monitor them for symptoms. Carmona also notes that administrators “anticipated COVID-19 would impact us as it has nearly every other community.”
President Trump has been adamant that schools reopen this fall, even as public-health experts warn him that adopting a business-as-usual attitude would put schools and universities at “highest risk” for viral spread. The coronavirus pandemic is nowhere near contained; indeed, the COVID-19 case count in the United States has now topped 5 million, with nearly 2 million of those cases having cropped up in July alone.
In Paulding County, many students who want to continue virtual study from home have reportedly been placed on a waitlist, and until they come off that list are obligated to show up in person or risk having their enrollment withdrawn. Meanwhile, the school system says it “will encourage students, teachers, and bus drivers to wear masks,” with the caveat that “wearing a face mask is a personal choice.
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