DALLAS, Ga. (AP) — A total of nine students and staff members at a Georgia high school have tested positive for the coronavirus, the principal said in a letter…
DALLAS, Ga. (AP) — A total of nine students and staff members at a Georgia high school have tested positive for the coronavirus, the principal said in a letter to parents after the school made headlines for online photos showing hallways packed with teens — many of them not wearing masks. Principal Gabe Carmona wrote Saturday that six students and three staff members at North Paudling High School west of Atlanta tested positive for COVID-19. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported it obtained the principal’s letter from a spokesman for the Paulding County School District. The infected students and staff members were inside the school building “sometime” last week, Carmona’s letter said. He said the school was disinfecting the building, but it was unclear whether the school would quarantine other students and staff who may have been exposed. Meanwhile, school officials in a nearby metro Atlanta county reported 12 students and two staff members across a dozen schools tested positive for the virus during their first week back at school.
