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Pupils Who Shared Photos of Packed Corridor of Maskless Georgia Students Suspended

posted by martyb on Sunday August 09 2020, @12:35AM   
from the freedumbs? dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:

Pupils who shared photos of packed corridor of maskless Georgia students suspended:

At least two high school students in Georgia have allegedly been suspended after sharing a video of school hallway crowded with largely maskless students, according to reports.

North Paulding High School in Dallas went viral after it reopened on Monday when two students shared photos of the school corridors with apparently no social distancing and barely any wearing masks.

Paulding County Schools Superintendent Brian Otott reportedly released a statement saying that the images were taken out of context, that masks were a personal choice for students and reopening was in line with Georgia Department of Education's health recommendations.

[...] "Students are in this hallway environment for just a brief period as they move to their next class. ... There is no question that the photo does not look good," Mr Otott said according to CNN.

"Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them."

Following the alleged suspension 15-year-old Hannah Watters who posted one of the photos and a video on Twitter told Buzzfeed News she received a five-day, out-of-school suspension for posting one photo and one video on Twitter.

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Original Submission

• If they can suspend for posting a photo... If they can suspend for posting a photo... (Score: 5, Insightful) by agr on Sunday August 09 2020, @11:03AM (1 child)

  by agr (7134) on Sunday August 09 2020, @11:03AM (#1033738)

  They can enforce mask wearing during class change. Send non-mask wearers home for first offense, suspend for second, expel for third. Exposing your fellow students to your asymptomatic germs should not be a “personal choice.”

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• The real solution (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2020, @12:04PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2020, @12:04PM (#1033753)

  Make each state's attorney general and director of education and their staff spend each day in the hallway of the largest school in the state that's holding in-person classes.

  After they start dying, maybe the survivors will make better policy decisions. The way it is now, these people making the decisions aren't the ones hurt when kids spread the disease and teachers, staff, and parents start dying.

  Parent