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COVID Outbreak Forces Paulding School Online Through Wednesday
A Dallas elementary school is doing all of its learning online for now, thanks to a COVID-19 outbreak that infected nearly 90 students.
PAULDING COUNTY, GA β An elementary school in Dallas has gone all-online at least through Wednesday after more than 94 students and staffers contracted COVID-19 in just two weeks.
A message posted to the Shelton Elementary Schoolβs website said that remote learning would give staffers time to βthoroughly disinfect and fogβ the empty building, as well as allowing students and staff time to recover.
According to WSB-TV, βnearly 90 studentsβ became infected with COVID-19. The schoolβs total enrollment is about 1,200. Paulding County schools donβt mandate masks for students or staff.
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The Georgia Department of Public Health reported Monday that 180 Paulding County residents have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic last spring. The countyβs current 14-day case rate β the number of new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 persons over the last 14 days β is about 491. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines any 14-day case rate greater than 200 as a βcore indicatorβ for high risk of transmitting COVID-19 in schools.
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