Georgia covid 19 school. Georgia hit a new weekly high for covid 19 deaths on tuesday having averaged 51 confirmed deaths from the respiratory illness over the last seven days. Georgia updates school covid 19 guidance. Georgia department of education receives usda approval for school meal flexibility.
Georgias largest school district. The georgia department of education gadoe is working closely with the office of the governor the georgia department of public health gadph and other agencies to ensure local school districts parents and students have the most accurate and up to date information regarding covid 19 commonly called coronavirus. Hundreds of employees in georgias largest school district have either tested positive for covid 19 or have been exposed to the virus officials said.
A georgia elementary school has shut down a classroom after a second grade student tested positive for the coronavirus just two days into the new academic year while photos of students packed. Educators in cherokee and forsyth counties must decide such matters as final grades and graduation with no students in class now that gov. Georgia has the fifth most covid 19 cases seventh most per capita and the fourth most hospitalizations behind new york florida and new jersey according to data from the centers for disease.