Within days of this county re-opening schools, the numbers of confirmed Covid-19 infections and quarantines were making some parents change their minds about their children going to school.
Woodstock, Georgia It's Sunday in Woodstock, Georgia, and the local park is packed with families. It should be an ordinary sight, but father of six Jamie Chambers says, in the age of Covid-19, scenes like this keep him up at night.
"We all want it to be normal, we all want our regular lives back and I have nothing but sympathy and empathy for people who do, but we're not living in normal times," he told CNN."And that's the thing, people are just choosing to live as if it is, until it's impossible to ignore."The number of quarantines since schools in Woodstock and the rest of Cherokee County opened last week is just that -- impossible to ignore.
See why this school nurse chose to resign 16:29Chambers, who fears the coronavirus will spread throughout the area, which is about 30 minutes north of Atlanta, says he saw this coming. He, along with other district parents, received a letter from Cherokee County School Superintendent Brian Hightower in mid-July announcing a 77-page reopening plan.
"However, the second day of school my son said to me, 'Mom, I'm not feeling safe. We're not social distancing, there's no precautions being taken to keep us safe,'" Heath told CNN of her fourth grader.As soon as she heard that, Heath, who says she is immuno-compromised, pulled her kids back home for distance learning. "We expected the Cherokee County School District to keep our kids safe. To take precautions that ensure their safety.
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