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SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:30 AM Aug 2020

Georgia teens shared photos of maskless students in crowded hallways. Now they're suspended.



At least two North Paulding High School students have been suspended after sharing images of a school hallway jammed with their mostly maskless peers, and the principal has warned other students against doing the same.

North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga., about an hour’s drive from Atlanta, was thrust into the national spotlight this week when pictures and videos surfaced of its crowded interior on the first and second days of its first week back in session. The images, which showed a sea of teens clustered together with no face coverings, raised concerns among online commenters and parents over how the district is handling reopening schools during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Facing a fierce online backlash, Paulding County Schools Superintendent Brian Otott told parents and guardians in a letter that the images “didn’t look good.” But he argued that they lacked context about the 2,000-plus student school, where masks are a “personal choice.”

Hannah Watters, 15, wore a mask as she captured the inside of her school. On Wednesday, she ended up with a five-day suspension for violating the district’s student code of conduct, BuzzFeed News reported. The rules bar students from using social media during the day or using recording devices without the permission of an administrator.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/06/georgia-teens-shared-photos-maskless-students-crowded-hallways-now-theyre-suspended/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_georgiaschools-550pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
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Georgia teens shared photos of maskless students in crowded hallways. Now they're suspended. (Original Post) SunSeeker Aug 2020 OP
Superintendent Brian Otot: is keelhauling still a personal choice? dchill Aug 2020 #1
Pathetic that the only ones trying to protect these kids are two of their classmates. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #2
What are the acceptable infection/death rates before shutdown again? keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #3
Kemp doesn't give a shit how many die in Georgia. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #4
What if all students made similar posts? BadgerKid Aug 2020 #5
Kids would learn solidarity works. SunSeeker Aug 2020 #6

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
2. Pathetic that the only ones trying to protect these kids are two of their classmates.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:45 AM
Aug 2020

It is a shameful abdication of responsibility by the adults who are charged with protecting these kids' safety.


keithbvadu2

(36,360 posts)
3. What are the acceptable infection/death rates before shutdown again?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:58 AM
Aug 2020

What are the acceptable infection/death rates before shutdown again?

That must be in the plan.

Or are they unlimited?

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
6. Kids would learn solidarity works.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:51 PM
Aug 2020

Alas, this is Georgia. I imagine most of those kids are from Republican homes watching Plandemics and telling the kids masks are bad for you.

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