Coronavirus GA: Gwinnett Teachers Told Not To Report To Work

LOGANVILLE-GRAYSON, GA — After days of complaints, Gwinnett County Schools its announced Wednesday that teachers will no longer be expected to report for work by May 18, reversing a plan that some teachers had criticized for being too quick to rush them back to their on-site workspaces.

Breaking : Gwinnett teachers no longer have to report to schools for end of year . Revised plan just out . @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/k8EWucIioC
— Tony Thomas (@TonyThomasWSB) May 6, 2020

The plan, released Friday, initially called for director-level staff and above to return to schools and facilities by this week, while non-teacher staff would return on May 11. The timeline meant the school system would be the first in the state to bring staff back to work in the wake of Gov. Brian Kemp's decision not to extend the Georgia's stay-at-home order.

The blowback to the plan's announcement was swift, and, as first reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, several Gwinnett teachers raised concerns about lack of personal protection equipment, the challenge of finding childcare for their own kids, and whether forcing teachers to work on-site was worth the risk when students were still ordered to stay home.