Friday, August 07, 2020

Georgia County lifts suspensions of two students after viral photos


https://www.ajc.com/education/paulding-family-pushes-back-on-school-suspension-over-crowded-hall-photo/2XTUNBDA2NDF7I2RHFLXR2MR4M/?fbclid=IwAR0dRVSSd_G4Ai5qhH9FQ7zT2zM3v0WUOPzguuX27c7MKcIVqzxyeUwkuyM

 
By Ty Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

A student suspended this week after posting a now-viral photo of a packed hallway at her school had her punishment lifted Friday, and so did another student.

The Paulding County School District made the announcement Friday afternoon, acknowledging the “significant national interest” in what it called “the issue” at North Paulding High School.

 

By then, sophomore Hannah Watters, 15, had already revealed on Twitter that her suspension had been rescinded. She had been suspended after taking a photograph Tuesday of a hallway that looked as crowded as any before the coronavirus pandemic, with few students wearing face coverings to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

 


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The school district does not ordinarily comment on student discipline incidents, a spokesman said, but in this case and in that of another unidentified student, the parents agreed to allow the announcement. The district has never said why the other student was suspended, but Hannah’s was not the only hallway photo posted online.

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