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Governor and school superintendent announce K-12 Restart Working Groups

The groups will address how to safely get schools up and running in fall
Gov. Brian Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced the creation of six K-12 Restart Working Groups to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Georgia’s K-12 schools and plan for a safe 2020-21 school year.

Credit: Jay Janner

Credit: Jay Janner

Gov. Brian Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced the creation of six K-12 Restart Working Groups to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Georgia’s K-12 schools and plan for a safe 2020-21 school year.
By Maureen Downey
May 21, 2020

A misleading distillation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines and recommendations for school reopenings is making the rounds and creating unnecessary alarm.

The first misstatement is that every recommendation has to be followed to the letter. The CDC makes clear these are guidelines, not regulations.

Read the CDC's considerations for schools yourself rather than assume that postcard-sized meme on Facebook tells the full story.

Still, schools will face challenges in reopening, which leads to this news today from the state Department of Education:

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