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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 12 2020, @02:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the What-would-Gomer-Pyle-say? dept.

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

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday August 12 2020, @06:14PM (4 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday August 12 2020, @06:14PM (#1035682) Journal

    Oh please. Do you say that because it's the only white collar job left that pays decently that is not management? Why do you think that is? What do you think will happen when the labor pool of programmers is dramatically expanded to include EVERYBODY? Hint: Supply and demand will kick in and readjust the price of labor.

    Great logic. Lemme try:

    Oh please. Do you say that because it's the only white collar job left that pays decently that is not management? Why do you think that is? What do you think will happen when the labor pool of people who can read is dramatically expanded to include EVERYBODY? Hint: Supply and demand will kick in and readjust the price of labor.

    There is noting magical about reading that warrants elevating it so far above other disciplines. I would encourage teaching reading to understand simple phrases (i.e., self-contained sorts of problems) because it can be used to teach understanding a bigger block of text. This is a useful approach and attitude to teach. As for cranking out essay "writers": for most students, this is a waste of time.

    Hmm, I don't know if that works the way you think it does. Lemme try again:

    Oh please. Do you say that because it's the only white collar job left that pays decently that is not management? Why do you think that is? What do you think will happen when the labor pool of people who can do basic sums is dramatically expanded to include EVERYBODY? Hint: Supply and demand will kick in and readjust the price of labor.

    There is noting magical about math that warrants elevating it so far above other disciplines. I would encourage teaching math to solve simple problems (i.e., self-contained sorts of problems) because it can be used to teach breaking a bigger problem into solvable pieces. This is a useful approach and attitude to teach. As for cranking out basic "mathematicians": for most students, this is a waste of time.

    So, gosh, you're right. We should not teach kids how to code, read, or do math lest they be able to do stuff and compete with you in the labor market.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @06:43PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @06:43PM (#1035704)

    Reading, writing, and math are generally useful skills that can be used literally anywhere, in any job, or off the job.
    Computer programming is a much more focused and limited skill to teach. Might as well say welding is a useful thing so we should teach **all** kids to weld.
    You are confusing a general (what used to be called "liberal") education with a trade school.

    As I said in my prior post, I am in favor of having one simplified programming class for everyone to teach learning to break up a bigger problem into smaller problems. but serious programming classes ought to be electives.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:01PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:01PM (#1035717)

      You shouldn't argue with that guy, he and runaway take classes together on how to be most wrong in a conversation.

      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:58PM (1 child)

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:58PM (#1035755) Journal

        You shouldn't argue with this guy, he and his AC parent take classes together on how to be most mewling in a conversation.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @08:42PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @08:42PM (#1035774)

          Not my fault your opinions aren't worth engaging seriously with. Maybe you should go to some college campuses and argue with some first years.