Georgia student who posted photo of a crowded school hallway and called it 'good and necessary trouble' no longer suspended

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(CNN) The mother of a student who was suspended after posting a photo on Twitter that showed her high school's crowded hallways this week tells CNN that her daughter's suspension has been reversed.

The viral photo showed students at North Paulding High School, outside Atlanta, crowded in hallways and with few visible masks. Hannah Watters, the sophomore who posted it, said she was initially suspended over the act.

Hannah's mother, Lynne Watters, spoke with the school's principal Friday morning by phone, she told CNN. The woman was told her daughter would not be suspended and that a suspension would not appear on her daughter's record.

Hannah will be in school on Monday, she and her mother told CNN.

As schools have opened for the new academic year around the country, parents and administrators are making difficult decisions about how to ensure students get the education they need while also staying safe in an ongoing pandemic. While many have responded to the resurgence of cases with completely remote schooling, others have opted to return to classrooms , which the nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has said works if safety measures are the priority.

Slozukimc on August 7th, 2020 at 18:14 UTC »

The school says there is no way to enforce wearing a mask but yet they always seem to find a way to enforce dress codes in any school I have seen. And the students are only in this setting for a short period of time between classes.....so Coronavirus will just stop spreading because it doesn’t have time? I don’t think so.

k1rage on August 7th, 2020 at 17:54 UTC »

kid is still going to be on their shit list, not going to be a fun year

IntelligentPublic on August 7th, 2020 at 17:43 UTC »

Title should be: 'After looking like dumbasses school officials try to cover their incompetence.'