Two high school students in Georgia say they were suspended after they posted photos and footage of students — some of whom were not seen wearing a face covering — crowding in their school’s hallways after it resumed in-person classes.
One 15-year-old student at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga., told BuzzFeed News in an interview on Thursday that she was suspended for sharing a photo and footage on Twitter of crowded hallways at her school earlier this week.
She said the school suspended her for five days, saying she violated school polices that “stated that I used my phone in the hallway without permission, used my phone for social media, and posting pictures of minors without consent.”
The alleged suspension comes days after the student posted footage on Twitter showing classmates crowding hallways at the school as they returned for class this week.
“Day two at North Paulding High School. It is just as bad. We were stopped because it was jammed,” she wrote in a tweet with one photo. “This is not ok. Not to mention the 10% mask rate.”
Day two at North Paulding High School. It is just as bad. We were stopped because it was jammed. We are close enough to the point where I got pushed multiple go to second block. This is not ok. Not to mention the 10% mask rate. pic.twitter.com/JKbGYqG9RS
— hannah (@ihateiceman) August 4, 2020
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The student told BuzzFeed News that the school principal, Gabe Carmona, warned students later on Wednesday that they could face punishment if they criticize the school online.
That same day, the 15-year-old posted tallies she had taken from her classes of the number of students she saw wear masks compared to the class total. More often than not, less than half of the students were wearing masks, she said.
— hannah (@ihateiceman) August 5, 2020
A second student told the outlet they were also suspended after sharing photos online.
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In her interview on Thursday, the high school student said she posted the photo and footage online to show how the school “ignorantly opened back up.”
“Not only did they open, but they have not been safe. Many people are not following CDC guidelines because the county did not make these precautions mandatory,” she added.
She also said she feels her “punishment’s severity was excessive, but I do understand that I violated a code of conduct policy.”
“We have a progressive discipline system. When disciplining me and the other student, they skipped level one and went straight to two,” she added.
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Two Georgia high school students say they were suspended after photos of crowded hallways went viral https://t.co/rYhJi2Rg1g pic.twitter.com/PCkIDTxJeG
— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2020
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