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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 06:34 PM Aug 2020

North Paulding High School will shut down for two (to disinfect) days due to Covid-19

UPDATE, 6 p.m.: In a letter sent to parents on Sunday, Paulding County Schools Superintendent Brian Otott wrote, “As a result of our being informed of nine cases of COVID-19 at North Paulding High School following the first week of in-person instruction, along with the possibility that number could increase if there are currently pending tests that prove positive, we have consulted with the Department of Public Health and are temporarily switching the instructional model to Digital Learning at NPHS.”


The high school will have remote learning on Monday and Tuesday, Otott said.

He told parents, “Tuesday evening parents and students will be notified of whether Digital Learning will continue, or if in-person instruction may resume. On Monday and Tuesday, the school will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and the district will consult with the Department of Public Health to assess the environment and determine if there any additional close contacts for confirmed cases who have not already been identified.”

UPDATE, 5:30 p.m. Sunday: North Paulding High School was closed to in-person learning Thursday and Friday. That was pre-planned to give administrators time to tinker with safety protocols after seeing them in action at the start of the week.

But on Sunday afternoon, district spokesman Jay Dillon said students there would start this week online too.

https://www.ajc.com/education/9-cases-of-covid-19-reported-at-north-paulding-high-school/OWH6MN7DZ5A2XDQMXX337AQEWI/


PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A day after a Paudling County High School announced nine cases of COVID-19 among students and staff, school officials announced they will close for two days to disinfect.

North Paulding High School will have digital learning days on Monday and Tuesday and all extracurricular activities are canceled, the Paulding County superintendent said in a letter to parents Sunday.

Offiicials said they consulted with the Georgia Department of Public health after three staff members and six students tested positive for the coronavirus just one week into the school year. All nine of those people were at school for at least a few days last week.


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North Paulding High School will shut down for two (to disinfect) days due to Covid-19 (Original Post) kpete Aug 2020 OP
Only two days?! What the hell do they think THAT will accomplish? hlthe2b Aug 2020 #1
Not much . . .. Iliyah Aug 2020 #7
IDIOTS bluestarone Aug 2020 #2
Drink your bleach, kiddies soothsayer Aug 2020 #3
Disinfecting isn't as nearly important as contact tracing. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #4
That *Mask As A Personal Voice* Thing... ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #5
Why aren't people opting for online learning? SheltieLover Aug 2020 #6
Because some governors and some school boards are insisting PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #10
But there are fully accredited online high schools SheltieLover Aug 2020 #11
I honestly know nothing about fully accredited online high schools. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #13
They might be, or SheltieLover Aug 2020 #14
If I had a high school student at home PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #15
Disinfecting is meaningless. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #8
Correct. We now know that surface contamination is less of a problem than it was originally thought. LastDemocratInSC Aug 2020 #20
Who are these schools kidding? ecstatic Aug 2020 #9
looks like they refuse to do what they need to do rurallib Aug 2020 #12
Who are these negligent parents ? Nt jaysunb Aug 2020 #16
Let's hope they change this short-term reality into long term internet instruction! We're abqtommy Aug 2020 #17
Assholes. And when one of their parents or grandparents gets it from them and dies, the Squinch Aug 2020 #18
Great! And how are they going to stop the kids from breathing all over each other? tanyev Aug 2020 #19
By Tuesday they might have another 9 Rice4VP Aug 2020 #21

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
4. Disinfecting isn't as nearly important as contact tracing.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 06:38 PM
Aug 2020

The virus doesn't stay viable on surfaces for very long; if people get it, it will be from breathing on each other. They need to talk to everyone the infected students were in contact with.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
10. Because some governors and some school boards are insisting
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 06:54 PM
Aug 2020

the schools fully open. Every single day I get more and more glad that I'm in New Mexico. Schools here are all going on-line for at least the first nine weeks, possibly longer. All of the public schools in this state. And probably all of the private and parochial ones also.

This is a state that closed down early and stayed closed down longer than most. It has paid off.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
13. I honestly know nothing about fully accredited online high schools.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 07:09 PM
Aug 2020

But I'm going to guess that most of them already have as many students as they can handle.

I really like living in a state with a good woman Democratic governor.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
14. They might be, or
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 07:13 PM
Aug 2020

They might have expanded, hiring teachers unwilling to die of tRump virus.

Nice you have a great Dem gov! 😁👍

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
15. If I had a high school student at home
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 07:17 PM
Aug 2020

and lived in a state where they're saying the kids must attend in person, I'd be researching on-line schools and home schooling.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
8. Disinfecting is meaningless.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 06:46 PM
Aug 2020

It's everyone wearing masks, plexiglass barriers at each desk, social distancing, lots of social distancing. Also some kind of reliable, fast test (5 minutes or less, maybe) that can be administered to every single person every single day.

People are NOT getting this from the virus lingering on surfaces. Having clean schools is great, but even dirty schools are not the transmission means of the virus.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,625 posts)
20. Correct. We now know that surface contamination is less of a problem than it was originally thought.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 11:59 PM
Aug 2020

The big problem is transmission of viral particles in the air. And that risk rises and falls based on the number of people gathered together and the distance between them.

ecstatic

(32,567 posts)
9. Who are these schools kidding?
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 06:52 PM
Aug 2020

There's no way around the fact that Georgia is a hot spot. The virus is raging unchecked due to immense stupidity and a lack of leadership at the state and national level. In-person school is not reasonable during this time unless they want to close down every week, which is probably worse than just doing it all online.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
17. Let's hope they change this short-term reality into long term internet instruction! We're
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 08:11 PM
Aug 2020

surrounded by idiots!

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
18. Assholes. And when one of their parents or grandparents gets it from them and dies, the
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 08:50 PM
Aug 2020

school administration should be charged with murder.

Rice4VP

(1,235 posts)
21. By Tuesday they might have another 9
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:19 AM
Aug 2020

cases. Have they even done the basics of tracking down who these 9 people were in close contact with?

Another school in Georgia had a case and they made the whole class quarantine for 14 days. What is two days of cleaning going to do?

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