A high school in Georgia that gained viral attention last week after photos emerged showing students, many without masks, in packed hallways says it will temporarily close after it was discovered multiple students and faculty contracted COVID-19 following its first week of classes.
Dr. Brian Otott, superintendent for the Paulding County School District, said in a letter to parents shared by WSB-TV journalist Chris Jose on Sunday that the North Paulding High School will be switching from in-person instruction to digital learning this coming Monday and Tuesday.
Otott said in the letter that the announcement was the “result of our being informed of nine cases of COVID-19” at the high school after it resumed in-person classes last week.
He said the district, which he added has also been in consultation with health officials, also made the decision due to the “possibility that the number could increase if there are currently pending tests that prove positive.”
The letter said parents will be notified when students will be able to return to school come late Tuesday.
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Georgia high school that saw 9 positive COVID-19 cases to briefly move to online learning https://t.co/MXWzZ4bG9u pic.twitter.com/lFPQps9nLC
— The Hill (@thehill) August 10, 2020
If The President of The United States is out there saying “Yo-Semite” and “Thighland”; I think kids can miss in-class instruction for a few months and we can still tell them to reach for the stars and be whatever they want to be when they grow up.
— YS (@NYinLA2121) August 9, 2020
Science is mysterious and unpredictable https://t.co/2u8EDXQwAV
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 10, 2020
“Why oh WHY is this happening?” said no one, ever. https://t.co/MXqHLIMQty
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 10, 2020
Nothing like closing the barn door after the horse ran out.
It's the utter predictability of it all that's just exhausting. pic.twitter.com/9x5j94pRwk
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 12, 2020
Only briefly closing, for a short time because just like magic it will disappear. They still have learned nothing.
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