HS that suspended teen who tweeted photo of hallway has 9 COVID-19 cases:
North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, sent a letter to parents Saturday, saying, "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." The letter was published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Most or even all of the six students and three staff members who tested positive could have had the virus before the school reopened on Monday, August 3. As Harvard Medical School explains, "The time from exposure to symptom onset (known as the incubation period) is thought to be three to 14 days, though symptoms typically appear within four or five days after exposure," and "a person with COVID-19 may be contagious 48 to 72 hours before starting to experience symptoms."
[...] As we reported Friday, the school issued a five-day suspension to student Hannah Watters after she posted a photo to Twitter, noting the "jammed" hallways and "10 percent mask rate." The school lifted her suspension after extensive media coverage. One other unnamed student who was suspended for a similar reason also had the suspension reversed, the Journal-Constitution said.
Students attended class in person only on Monday through Wednesday, as the district said it conducted a short first week "so that all of our schools can step back and assess how things are going so far."
Update at 6:50pm ET: North Paulding High School announced Sunday that it has canceled in-person instruction for Monday and Tuesday, August 10 and 11, because of the nine positive cases and "the possibility that number could increase if there are currently pending tests that prove positive." The school said that on Tuesday evening, parents and students will be notified about whether in-person instruction will resume on Wednesday. Remote learning will continue while the school is closed.
Previously:
(2020-08-08) Pupils Who Shared Photos of Packed Corridor of Maskless Georgia Students Suspended
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 12 2020, @05:25PM (5 children)
I vote. But unfortunately for me the votes of the anti-education nutjobs count more than mine do.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday August 12 2020, @08:27PM (4 children)
Guess you're outnumbered, and maybe the people you vote for aren't very appealing. Pretty easy to see how the system works
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 12 2020, @08:42PM (3 children)
Nope, there were about 3 million more of us.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday August 12 2020, @09:15PM (2 children)
You have to win the majority of electoral votes. Gonna keep telling yourselves it ain't so?
You were outnumbered, and you might be again, for the exact same reason, the real one, not one your fantastic half-baked conspiracy theories
Your DNC is bogus, but right now we need a mannequin in the office that doesn't make the world barf. So whatever, I surrender to your Biden and Harris. I damn near like her
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @09:20PM (1 child)
Awww stupid fusty is leaking his rightwing bias again.
Better do some more damage control posts. I suggest insulting Trump, centrists love that one!
(Score: 2) by Aegis on Thursday August 13 2020, @03:09PM
Oh no, Fusty's both sides brain rot has spread into his mathematics!
1 and 2 are the EXACT SAME!!!!!!!