'If we are going to be able to complete school from now until May 25, this appears to be our best chance,' Columbia County board member Judy Teasley said Tuesday.
One Georgia school district has sent more than 3 percent of its students to quarantine after less than three weeks of classes as the state contends with surging COVID-19 infection rates, the Associated Press reported. The Columbia County district encompasses 28,000 students, more than 1,000 of which entered quarantine after hundreds of students and employees tested positive for the virus since school resumed on August 5.
"If we are going to be able to complete school from now until May 25, this appears to be our best chance," Columbia County board member Judy Teasley said Tuesday, as reported byOne Georgia school district has sent at least 3 percent of its students to quarantine after less than three weeks of classes as the state contends with surging COVID-19 infection rates. A student wears a mask as he enters the St.
During that time, infections leaped. More than 1 percent of school-age children in Georgia have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks. Children between the ages of 5 and 17 are now more likely than adults as a whole to test positive for COVID-19. The state Department of Public Health reported more than 30 infection clusters in schools statewide, the highest since the epidemic began.
"Though issues like mask mandates can divide us, there is more that unites us," Woods wrote."One unifying belief shared across spectrums is the critical need for in-person learning."
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