‘The School Shouldn’t Be Open Right Now’: Parents React To COVID-19 Outbreak At Cherry Hill Elementary Middle School

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Public Schools confirmed a COVID Outbreak astatine Cherry Hill Elementary Middle School Monday.

Officials said determination are fourteen affirmative cases and among them, a 12-year-old who is presently hospitalized and warring for her life.

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“The schoolhouse shouldn’t beryllium unfastened close now.”

“Why nonstop them to schoolhouse for them to get sick?” said James Fortune, parent.

On Monday, Cherry Hill’s main sent students location with a missive that reads successful part, “Last week we administered our 2nd circular of COVID test. Results of the investigating confirmed six affirmative pools.”

Families with children successful the six pools were called implicit the play and if they don’t motion up for their kids to get tested astatine schoolhouse this week, families are required to get their children tested connected their own.

“It should beryllium a mandatory ten-day quarantine for everyone astatine this school,” said Takia Dixon, a parent.
Among those positive, a 12-year-old pupil is presently hospitalized from COVID-19. The Dixon household carpools regularly with the student.

“And her ma contacted america and said she has it, and she was successful your car astir your children. You mightiness wanna get your kids tested. That’s however we recovered out!” said Dixon.

The household is upset they ne'er heard from the schoolhouse astir the COVID outbreak until now

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“I deliberation we should person had idiosyncratic interaction america immediately,” said Thomas Lovings, parent.

Baltimore City Public Schools told WJZ they are moving to place each adjacent contacts and find the interaction connected the affected classes but parents similar James, whose girl Sema’j is successful 4th people believes the full schoolhouse should spell virtual.

“This is not implicit with. So you should astatine slightest bash virtual, fto them enactment location and bash virtual connected the computer,” Fortune added.

Baltimore City Public Schools said they’re alert of the pupil who is presently hospitalized and they are hopeful for a swift and afloat recovery.

But until then, Janae Stanley said she isn’t sending her girl backmost to school. Ever since cases were announced astatine Cherry Hill Elementary Middle School, Stanley said she stopped sending her daughter, Aziyah, to school

“I don’t deliberation she’s safe,” Stanley added. She wanted the schoolhouse to unopen down and for the kids to larn virtually.

But her daughter, Aziyah, who is successful the sixth grade, disagreed.

“I don’t wanna spell backmost to virtual due to the fact that for maine it’s hard, I wanna spell backmost to school,” Aziyah said.
And her mother, Stanley, did accidental her girl does amended successful schoolhouse erstwhile she’s attending in-person classes.

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But astatine slightest for this week, Stanley is keeping her girl location and hoping she tin prime up a learning packet for her girl to enactment on.