Georgia schools open covid. Ex trump aide sebastian gorkas big idea to open schools. 12 but in a controversial decision employees are still required to show up in person. The georgia department of education has released updated guidance to help schools plan for a safe return for the 2020 2021 academic school year.
3 2020 in dallas ga. How to prepare kids for going back to school. Covid cases reported as schools reopen in georgia parents walk their children to the entrance of woodstock elementary school in cherokee county on the first day of school on august 3 2020.
Georgia second grader tests positive for coronavirus after first day of school forcing class to quarantine. An alarming photo of a hallway crowded by mostly maskless students in a georgia high school raises issues with reopening schools all around the country. School leaders in georgia have new guidance from the state about how to open in the fall and react to changing health conditions during the covid 19 pandemic.
Summer schools allowed to resume. Guidance released to open schools in fall. Summer schools are allowed to resume in june if they comply with eleven mandatory criteria.
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. After one week of school more than 250 students at staff in cherokee county georgia are asked to quarantine due to potential exposure to covid 19. August 5 2020 1048 am cbsap.
Georgia schools just reopened and kids are already catching covid 19 students arrive to dallas elementary school for the first day of school on monday aug. By molly hensley clancy and caroline odonovan last updated on august 5 2020 at 322 pm. 260 workers in georgias biggest school district caught or were exposed to covid 19.