At least nine cases of Covid-19 have been reported at a Georgia high school that came under scrutiny last week after a student shared a photo of a crowded hallway, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution., according to a letter the school district sent to parents Sunday.
Meanwhile,"the school will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected," Otott wrote. The school district will also work with the Georgia Department of Public Health to identify anyone else who had close contact with the confirmed patients and have yet to be identified. Last week, the high school in Dallas, Georgia, -- about 40 miles from Atlanta -- attracted nationwide attention thanks to a photo posted on Twitter by sophomore Hannah Watters. The viral image showed Hannah's classmates in a crowded school hallway with few visible masks. The school district resumed classes August 3.
She added,"We all want to go to in-person. I have no intention of shutting the county down, the state down, because I know a lot of people don't learn well online, I don't learn well online. ... I want to be able to have some type of normality this year ... but we can't if we're not safe." Otott previously said in a letter to the community that the viral photo was taken out of context and that class changes in high school were a challenge.
Otott's letter also said the district anticipated needing to make"adjustments." The district previously decided to make Thursday and Friday virtual learning days for students receiving in-person instruction,"so that all of our schools can step back and assess how things are going so far," Otott said.