Georgia student suspended after posting a photo of a crowded school hallway
Source: CNN
A viral photo showing students in a Georgia high school crowded in hallways and with few visible masks resulted in the sophomore who posted it being suspended, she said.
Hannah Watters, a student at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, saw a photo of packed halls on the first day of school go viral. And when she saw that little had changed after that, she told CNN's Laura Coates on Thursday, she felt she had to share what it looked like inside the school. So, she took a photo of the scene and posted it to social media.
"I was concerned for the safety of everyone in that building and everyone in the county because precautions that the CDC and guidelines that the CDC has been telling us for months now, weren't being followed," Watters said.
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In a letter to the community, Superintendent Brian Otott said the photo was taken out of context, writing: "Class changes at the high school level are a challenge when maintaining a specific schedule. It is an area we are continuing to work on in this new environment to find practicable ways to further limit students from congregating. Students are in this hallway environment for just a brief period as they move to their next class. ... There is no question that the photo does not look good. ... Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/us/georgia-teen-photo-crowded-school-hallway-trnd/index.html
cstanleytech
(26,285 posts)that is an outright lie because they have the power to inform the students that failure to wear a mask can result in suspension.
spooky3
(34,441 posts)getagrip_already
(14,739 posts)How can they send girls home for tight fitting tops or short skirts/shorts but the can't mandate masks? Or for what a tee shirt says?
Oh, because the gop.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)And that infraction is trivial compared to the issue of masks.
cstanleytech
(26,285 posts)AleksS
(1,665 posts)Do they not enforce any rules at that school? I would think mask-wearing would be the easiest to enforce. It's not like they can hide NOT wearing a mask.
I mean, they enforce rules against smoking, vaping, cheating, plagiarizing, dress codes, etc. but how to enforce wearing a mask is the one that baffles them? They do not inspire confidence as people that should be teaching our youth in that case.
Botany
(70,501 posts)and so is this:
In a letter to the community, Superintendent Brian Otott said the photo was taken out of context, writing: "Class changes at the high school level are a challenge when maintaining a specific schedule. It is an area we are continuing to work on in this new environment to find practicable ways to further limit students from congregating. Students are in this hallway environment for just a brief period as they move to their next class. ... There is no question that the photo does not look good. ... Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them."
hot2na
(357 posts)They should have worked on it and come up with a solution before opening the friggin school.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)How about the rest of the dress code? You know there is a dress code.
Botany
(70,501 posts)....Americans bathed in complete misinformation and in many cases it comes wrapped
in a Jesus is my Lord flag. I am willing to bet that the superintendent gets his news from
Fox where people learn that putting on a mask is a sign of weakness and surrender.
Chainfire
(17,532 posts)In the local newspaper this morning, they were reporting on educational executives meeting virtually to discuss the process of reopening the classrooms next week. I wanted to scream! (in fact, I may have)
Arkansas Granny
(31,515 posts)donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)And it wouldn't be a challenge if all.the students wore a mask for class change ! Geesch.
wcast
(595 posts)I posed the same question to my superintendent and have yet to hear a response.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)has a tab at the very bottom for CV-19 information. Not a banner at top or anything.
The last update when you go to the tab is 6/1.
https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/nphs
malthaussen
(17,193 posts)... one that will have merit, I mean. The suspension would seem to be a rather high-handed infringement of the student's right to communicate.
-- Mal
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Link to tweet
Archae
(46,325 posts)They were exposed for their dictatorial stance.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Mad Lib
(86 posts)How the hell is this photo "out of context"? The context is unmasked students crowding through packed hallways during a pandemic. That's the context and that is what it shows. He may not like the implication, but that's his problem, not the student photographers. I wonder exactly what rule the student broke to warrant suspension? Embarrassing the a-hole principal?
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)Yeehah
(4,587 posts)"That was for practice. Then he made school boards."
--Mark Twain
We'll just lump this imbecile superintendent in with the school board.
Bayard
(22,062 posts)Where people are constantly bumping and thumping into each other. Major overpopulation because nobody ever gets sick.....until a virus is introduced (that bastard, Kirk, kissing the girls again!).
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)I'm sure that while classes are in session, the halls are almost empty.
If you average the situations, walla! Social distancing. Problem solved.