More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff quarantined in several schools

Updated 0719 GMT (1519 HKT) August 13, 2020 - For many US schools welcoming students back, a return to in-person learning was abruptly halted after new Covid-19 cases.
(CNN) - For many US schools welcoming students back, a return to in-person learning was abruptly halted after new Covid-19 cases.
 
More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff members across five states have been quarantined after at least 230 positive coronavirus cases were reported.
 
It's a grim start to the school year many hoped could mark the beginning of a return to normalcy, but one expert have long warned would come at a cost. More studies have shown how easily children can get and spread coronavirus. But some pediatricians caution that distance-learning has negative consequences for primary-age students and for working families.
 
Supporters of the Cherokee County School District's decision to reopen schools cheer on faculty arriving to the district's headquarters in Canton, Georgia.
 
 
The dilemma has forced school districts to navigate whether to re-open, and what to do if in-person learning proves dangerous.
 
In Georgia's Cherokee County School District, more than 1,100 students, teachers and staff members are under quarantine after Covid-19 cases were reported. The district began in-person learning August 3, and as of Tuesday reported 59 positive cases. The two-week quarantine period has impacted more than a dozen schools.
 
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