Guess what happened in this Florida school district when schools reopened

[Jacob Siegal]

• One Florida school district has already been forced to quarantine more than 300 students and teachers due to potential exposure to the novel coronavirus — schools had been open for just one week.
• The school district's superintendent blames parents for sending their kids to school before their COVID-19 test results came back.
• The district also revealed that being exposed to someone with coronavirus symptoms doesn't necessarily mean that everyone in the classroom will be quarantined.

In the latest sign that reopening schools in the United States with a pandemic still raging was never a good idea, one Florida school district has already had to quarantine more than 300 students and teachers due to possible cases of COVID-19 in the classrooms. According to the local news network WPTV, data from the Martin County School District shows that 292 students and 14 teachers from five schools in the district have been sent home since school started last Tuesday. 231 of the students are in high school, and 61 are in elementary school.

Speaking to school board members on Tuesday, Superintendent Laurie Gaylord and other district officials suggested that some of the blame should be placed on parents who are sending their kids to school before they have made sure that they aren't infected with the virus. "I want to reinforce the fact that people need to take the personal responsibility in this," Gaylord said. "If your children are sick, please do not send them to school."

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