The decision between teaching in-person or online has become a hot debate.<\/p>\n
ATLANTA Emory University hosted a briefing on safety measures parents and educators should consider as schools reopen across the state.<\/p>\n
The decision between teaching in-person or online has become a hot debate.<\/p>\n
Dr. Marybeth Sexton is an infectious disease doctor at Emory University, but before she went to medical school, she was a teacher in the Atlanta metro.<\/p>\n
Sexton said she understands the challenges as families head back to school. However, she reiterated that if a school chooses to reopen there must be a lot of safety measures in place.<\/p>\n
\"If this is really important for us to have kids in school - it should be - then what are we willing to do to make that happen?\" Sexton asked.<\/p>\n
She says it starts with how kids get to school.<\/p>\n
\"Everybody on [the] bus [should] have a mask on and each kid [should have their] own seat,\" Sexton said. She also said schools need to have a staggered start or even staggered days so there are fewer people in the building.<\/p>\n
She said schools should consider plexiglass between kids eating lunch, since they have to take off masks to eat and drink.<\/p>\n
\"All these come with their own challenges and expense, but they do make it safer,\" she explained.<\/p>\n
Pictures showing groups of students together at Creekview High School has Sexton more concerned as well.<\/p>\n
\"This is my biggest worry the behavioral aspect,\" she stated.<\/p>\n
\"The problem is, if you assume the average person infects ten people, it's very quickly thirty people - very quickly sixty to ninety people. And that could quickly close a school down,\" she explained.<\/p>\n
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