US Georgia Schools Reopen To Packed Hallways And Students Testing Positive For COVID-19 - 'We know the football team has tested positive for covid already.....but we're not actually going to make masks mandatory in school knowing we have infected students'

Georgia Schools Reopen To Packed Hallways And Students Testing Positive For COVID-19

Students in Georgia's Paulding and Cherokee counties went back to school this week, with decidedly mixed results.

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Georgia Schools Reopen To Packed Hallways And Students Testing Positive For COVID-19

Reopened schools in Georgia’s Paulding and Cherokee counties drew negative attention this week after viral photographs appeared to show students packing hallways with little regard for social distancing or mask-wearing.

The most prominent images were taken on Tuesday by a 10th grader in North Paulding High School who posted them on social media and described the hallway situation as severely jammed.

Other viral images showed students from Cherokee County’s Etowah High School and Sequoyah High School standing in close proximity for senior photos with nary a mask in sight.

Prior to schools reopening on Monday, North Paulding High School’s principal, Gabe Carmona, sent a letter to parents alerting them that members of the football team had contracted COVID-19, not specifying the numbers or the severity of their cases.

According to BuzzFeed, Carmona also addressed the viral images on Wednesday, reportedly stating over the intercom that students who publicly criticized the school on social media could face disciplinary action.

Two students — including the 10th grader who posted the images of the crowded hallway — told BuzzFeed they were suspended for sharing photos online, with school administration citing violations of the school’s phone policy and posting pictures of minors without consent as reasons for the punishment.

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A photo taken Aug. 4, 2020, by a student at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, shows students crowding hallways while fewer than half wear masks. (Photo: Handout/AP)

Paulding County Superintendent Brian Otott also addressed the images in a statement, arguing that they were being criticized “without context” and saying the crowds only lasted for a “brief period” when students were transitioning between classes.

“Wearing a mask is a personal choice and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them,” Otott said. “What we will do is strongly encourage all students and staff to wear masks.”

Paulding County schools have both in-person and “virtual academies” available during the fall semester, and according to Atlanta media outlet 11Alive News, 70% of the county’s 31,000 students have returned for in-person learning, with 9,000 in online classes.

A notice on the district’s websites says that while students and staff are encouraged to wear masks during in-person schooling, face coverings will not be mandatory because “the school district recognizes that wearing a face mask is a personal choice for families.”

A reopening plan on the Cherokee County School Board website reveals a similar strategy, with both in-person schooling and a digital learning program in place. Regulations require “all employees to wear face coverings in situations where social distancing cannot be achieved,” while students are “strongly encourage[d] and recommend[ed]” to wear masks.

The plan indicates that the school district “will provide every student with two reusable cloth masks upon request.”

On Tuesday, school officials at Cherokee County’s Sixes Elementary School announced that a second-grader had tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the student’s class of 20 students to undergo a two-week quarantine.

A message from Superintendent Brian V. Hightower said that the district was “going to take positive cases seriously” and shut down schools if necessary.

“We need to fight that good fight together: social distance when we can, and mask up when we can’t; wash our hands, and be kind,” Hightower said. “We are stronger together.”

Atlanta pediatrician Frita Fisher, an advocate of mandatory masks and social distancing in the classroom, told 11Alive News that reopening Georgia schools with shaky social distancing measures and without making masks mandatory for all students was “very frustrating and unsettling.”

“It’s upsetting because we are sending our kids to school knowing that we are putting them at an increased risk for spreading coronavirus among themselves and to the community,” Fisher said.

This story has been updated to reflect that students sharing photos of North Paulding High School’s crowds received suspensions.

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So.... The school knows there are infected students, opens the school anyway and explicitly allows those students to be in school, while not making masks mandatory even for those people they know are infected......all the while suspending people who post proof of people gathering in crowds at said school or criticizing the school

Oh yeah, this will end well. The faculty may as well be wearing tshirts that say 'sue me' on them, cause if it gets around the school and a bunch of kids end up in the hospital parents are going to lose their shit. God help the school board if someone dies

 

[Getting tard comed]

naw man there's no conspiracy, the government never lies. ever. especially not this government, under this current administration. nawwwww



like... i can't even respond to posts like this with any degree of seriousness because these arguments are just reeeeeeeee

you can throw these assertions out there, but they don't mean shit when the current statistics have to go through the white house, which definitely wouldn't fudge numbers at all. and then the fucking argument that people who die with covid aren't dying FROM covid. sure, i'll bite. that's a handful of people. you know, when death certificates are signed, they are signed with the intent of being as accurate as they can be based on the circumstances.

and then you lovely individuals still aren't acknowledging the aftereffects of the virus, which also fuck people up. sure, you won't die from covid, you'll just have permanently damaged organs and potentially be fucked for the rest of your life, but at least you're alive, right? man you got me.

edit: also, you're the one throwing numbers at me. where's YOUR real stats, my dude?

You're an idiot.

Stats from other countries don't come from the WH. Aftereffects may exist, we don't know. It's generally a bad idea to operate out of fear of the unknown. We may not know what exactly the aftereffects are for decades. If lockdowns continue for decades it is not due to Corona concerns.

 

[TaimuRadiu]

The American economy is based around the two income family. This two income family REQUIRES there to be day care for children so that both Mommy and Daddy can go out to work.

Close the schools, you fuck the economy even more.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Why does school start so damn early now?

Shouldn't it be in September?*

*(even before coronapanic)

 

[Lurker]

The American economy is based around the two income family. This two income family REQUIRES there to be day care for children so that both Mommy and Daddy can go out to work.

Close the schools, you fuck the economy even more.

that sure sounds like the american economy is shitty if it requires both parents working and their kids needing to be babysat by a government facility.

sure would suck if mommy or daddy had to pick up their corona-ridden child and got infected, and then proceeded to infect the other spouse, and then would have to self-quarantine for 14 days AT LEAST, preventing them from going to work (unless they can work remotely in which case yay, they can contribute to the All-Important Economy!)

 

[FatalTater]

Kids are germ vectors even in the best of times.

I wonder if the riots did anything to spread disease? You know, the pure and peaceful ones that saw an 8 year old girl shot and killed among other things? Those were so precious that surely they spawned a cure.

 

[Strayserval]

they should have rotating weeks for the kids where one half comes in and they disinfect over the weekend and then next week the other half of the students come in.
along with having some leniency for students not coming in if they report that they don't feel well

 

[Lurker]

they should have rotating weeks for the kids where one half comes in and they disinfect over the weekend and then next week the other half of the students come in.
along with having some leniency for students not coming in if they report that they don't feel well

i like this idea, in theory. it might be a bit daunting to have to teach the same lesson plan for two weeks, since you'd have to cover both halves of the student body. it would also be hard to get through the entire curriculum this way, though one could argue that there are things being taught that are kind of useless that could probably be cut out of the curriculum. you know, streamlining the whole learning experience?

although each state controls what its curriculum is, which is a pain in the ass, too. a shame that we can't all just have a shared curriculum in the US.

now curriculum doesn't look like a word anymore. i hate it.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

You're an idiot.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LQCU36pkH7c
Stats from other countries don't come from the WH. Aftereffects may exist, we don't know. It's generally a bad idea to operate out of fear of the unknown. We may not know what exactly the aftereffects are for decades. If lockdowns continue for decades it is not due to Corona concerns.

No, after-effects definitely do exist. They've been documented. Your post is ironic because the video you posted applies to you and not the person you replied to

 

[Strayserval]

i like this idea, in theory. it might be a bit daunting to have to teach the same lesson plan for two weeks, since you'd have to cover both halves of the student body. it would also be hard to get through the entire curriculum this way, though one could argue that there are things being taught that are kind of useless that could probably be cut out of the curriculum. you know, streamlining the whole learning experience?

although each state controls what its curriculum is, which is a pain in the ass, too. a shame that we can't all just have a shared curriculum in the US.

now curriculum doesn't look like a word anymore. i hate it.

very true, it's the best option for the worst situation kinda plan

 

[Lurker]

No, after-effects definitely do exist. They've been documented. Your post is ironic because the video you posted applies to you and not the person you replied to

it irks me that people only focus on the death aspect of covid19. "well i mean most people who get it don't die from it so i guess it's a nothingburger". they say nothing about the real fucking aftereffects of the virus, which might make people want to die. going from someone perfectly healthy who could run a marathon to someone who gets winded from walking down the stairs isn't fucking normal. it isn't normal for your lungs to be scarred or for your organs to end up permanently damaged. it isn't fucking normal to end up with random fucking blood clots that at any moment can go up to your brain and kill you. these are the aftereffects we're talking about, for people who insist that there aren't any.

i'd also like to note that the user you responded to originally only called me an idiot and posted the accompanying video. it was after i commented on their profile did they add the second part to their post, otherwise they originally had nothing of any value to say and were therefore breaking the rules.

and with their little addition, they still have nothing of value to say. sad.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

it irks me that people only focus on the death aspect of covid19. "well i mean most people who get it don't die from it so i guess it's a nothingburger". they say nothing about the real fucking aftereffects of the virus, which might make people want to die. going from someone perfectly healthy who could run a marathon to someone who gets winded from walking down the stairs isn't fucking normal. it isn't normal for your lungs to be scarred or for your organs to end up permanently damaged. it isn't fucking normal to end up with random fucking blood clots that at any moment can go up to your brain and kill you. these are the aftereffects we're talking about, for people who insist that there aren't any.

i'd also like to note that the user you responded to originally only called me an idiot and posted the accompanying video. it was after i commented on their profile did they add the second part to their post, otherwise they originally had nothing of any value to say and were therefore breaking the rules.

and with their little addition, they still have nothing of value to say. sad.

I really don't understand why people are being so stupid about this pandemic. There's a reason that doctors are taking this shit seriously

 

[Übertroon]

No, after-effects definitely do exist. They've been documented. Your post is ironic because the video you posted applies to you and not the person you replied to

There's after effects for most corona types of diseases. Last time I had the flu it took a month before I stopped coughing after eating. But no one has dared yet to suggest with certainty that the chink flu will cause permanent damage in healthy children and adults.

The problem with the hysterics is that it's disproportionate to other risks. Burden of evidence is on you to prove that the kung flu is a serious health hazard for school kids and their parents, other than just being another danger alongside other diseases, violence, and drug abuse on schools

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

There's after effects for most corona types of diseases. Last time I had the flu it took a month before I stopped coughing after eating. But no one has dared yet to suggest with certainty that the chink flu will cause permanent damage in healthy children and adults.

The problem with the hysterics is that it's disproportionate to other risks. Burden of evidence is on you to prove that the kung flu is a serious health hazard for school kids and their parents, other than just being another danger alongside other diseases, violence, and drug abuse on schools

There's people who have after-effects for 5 months after recover so far. This shit is not "just the flu bro!!!!" despite what your right-wing tard friends might say. Listen to actual doctors on this one. Seriously. If people would just buckle down and wear masks for a few months, this shit would get under control.

 

[Übertroon]

There's people who have after-effects for 5 months after recover so far.

Who? Some 80 year old who was already at death's door? A 300 pound diabetic? Saying "there's people" and using that as an argument to be in panic mode is ridiculous. This is the same hysterics that has people argue that all guns should be banned because there's a school shooting, ignoring that statistically a school child is more likely to choke to death during lunchtime

 

[Sanshain]

>Before Corona: 'American schools are literally the worst places on earth.'
>After Corona: 'Omg we are destroying the brightest minds of our generation by not sending them to school omg how will the world survive'.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Who? Some 80 year old who was already at death's door? A 300 pound diabetic? Saying "there's people" and using that as an argument to be in panic mode is ridiculous. This is the same hysterics that has people argue that all guns should be banned because there's a school shooting, ignoring that statistically a school child is more likely to choke to death during lunchtime

My sister got it back in early April and still has cardiovascular effects today. She's not obese or any high-risk category. My brother in law ran 5-10 miles a day and still has lung issues today. This shit is not just the flu

 

[Superman93]

Why does school start so damn early now?

Shouldn't it be in September?*

*(even before coronapanic)

In southern schools, their summer break starts in may. Unlike other schools when it starts in June. They still get 2 months off like everyone else.

 

[Ciscoipphone]

I have some colleagues with young kids who are using this strategy to stay sane in the house with kids

1. Have a group of 5/6 families with school age kids that you know aren't recklessly socializing
2. Rotate houses to homeschool locations every day. So all the kids go to home 1 and they can do their virtual classes/school together
3. If household 1 has 2 working adults, one working adult can take care of the kids while the other one works. If it is too noisy they can even go to another house in the group

With this strategy you can go almost a week undisturbed before having to take entertain the kids all day

 

[Superman93]

My sister got it back in early April and still has cardiovascular effects today. She's not obese or any high-risk category. My brother in law ran 5-10 miles a day and still has lung issues today. This shit is not just the flu

There’s also a 56 year old dude I worked with who caught it and he turned out just fine. How lethal this virus can be depends extremely on the individual. Not that I would want to risk and catch it though.

 

[Lurker]

I really don't understand why people are being so stupid about this pandemic. There's a reason that doctors are taking this shit seriously

fear. it's fear. these people would rather delude themselves into believing that everything is fine and normal, because they literally are unable to handle or process the alternative. people in the united states have been relatively sheltered in terms of the shit that goes on in other places of the world. that scary illnesses like covid19 only affect OTHER people (aka people i perceive as lesser than me). we in america are safe! our institutions will keep us safe! we have the best doctors in the world! but the scary illness managed to make its way to the united states, and the best doctors in the world are telling people, pleading with them, to take proper precautions because this is some serious shit.

if you've been sheltered from the chaos of the rest of the world, and now you're suddenly being told to wear the mask, to wash your hands, to give a shit about people other than yourself, i could imagine how that would shake up someone's tiny world.

it's sad. it makes me sad for the people most vulnerable to this illness. it makes me sad that there are people who intentionally choose to be ignorant, even in the face of real actual danger, because it might hurt their worldview. it makes me sad that people are okay with fellow people dying because, after all, it's not them. it makes me sad that people are selfish and greedy, and that human lives matter less than fucking money.

humanity is lost, man. i just hope we can find our way back.