Update: 826 students (GA) under quarantine in Cherokee after possible COVID-19 exposures

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Update: 826 students under quarantine in Cherokee after possible COVID-19 exposures
| 2 hours ago
By Maureen Downey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


In the six days that Cherokee County schools have been in session, the north Georgia district has had to direct 826 students to quarantine due to possible exposure to COVID-19, along with 42 teachers.

In following health guidelines, districts inform parents when a student has has close contract with -- including sitting nearby -- someone who tests positive for COVID-19 and advises 14 day quarantines at home. Most of the exposures to students have come from classmates, although a few cases involve teachers and staff who tested positive.

“As made clear in our reopening of school plan, we anticipated positive tests among students and staff could occur, which is why we put a system into place to quickly contact trace, mandate quarantines, notify parents and report cases and quarantines to the entire community,” said Cherokee spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby. “We are not hesitating to quarantine students and staff who have had possible exposure – even if the positive test was prompted by possible exposure rather than symptoms.”

Cherokee is among the districts that opened without a mask mandate for students; staff must wear masks. The district serves more than 42,000 students and offered them both in-person and virtual instructional models. A quarter of students opted for digital learning because of the pandemic.

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https://www.ajc.com/education/update-826-students-under-quarantine-in-cherokee-after-covid-19-exposures/5HAASRHSRFBMHIQSUT5ABNEZIY/

[dalton99a]

1. A surprising development.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Who could have imagined such a thing would happen?

[Midnight Writer]

3. Our local schools open for in person classes tomorrow. I dread it.