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A25 U.S. NEWS TUESDAY 4 AUGUST 2020 Continued from Front County, both of Ada- "They haven't been to res- mus' children wore masks, taurants. We only go to though that is not manda- parks if no one else is there. tory for the 30,000 students We don't take them to the in the county, about 25 grocery store. And now miles northwest of Atlan- they're going to be in the ta. Adamus said her son classroom with however and daughter understand many kids for an entire day what's happening at a ba- with a teacher." sic level — that there are The Adamus children are germs and they need to among tens of thousands of stay home. students across the nation "My daughter's been say- who were set to resume in- ing a lot lately, `I can't wait person school Monday for for the germs to go away,'" the first time since March. she said. Parents in Louisiana, Mis- Adamus lives near North sissippi and Tennessee will Paulding High School, also be among those navi- where the principal sent a gating the new academic letter over the weekend an- year this week. nouncing a football player Many schools that are re- tested positive for the virus suming in-person instruction after attending practice. are also giving parents a The Georgia High School Students arrive to Dallas Elementary School for the first day of school amid the coronavirus out- stay-at-home virtual op- Association, in a memo last break on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Dallas, Ga. tion; Adamus, like many week, said it has received Associated Press other parents, decided reports of 655 positive tests against that. Other schools since workouts for football are going to learn more at younger sons have cystic she thinks her children will are planning a hybrid ap- and other sports started on school. They just need to fibrosis and she can't risk learn more from teachers proach, with youngsters June 8. be in that setting." their being exposed. Wil- than they did from her in alternating between in- In Mississippi, where the vi- In Indiana, where schools liams said she thinks her the spring. person classes and online rus is spreading fast, Em- reopened last week, a stu- daughter will be OK aca- "They're going to actu- learning. ily Thompson's son started dent at Greenfield-Central demically with online class- ally listen to their teacher, But an uptick in COVID-19 the sixth grade at Newton Junior High tested positive es, which up to 30% of the as opposed to me. When cases in many states has County Middle/High School on the first day back to district's students have en- it's time to do sight words, prompted districts to scrap in Decatur. Thompson, a class and was isolated in rolled in. But she is worried it was a fight every day," in-person classes at least for pharmacist, said she felt re- the school clinic. about Aliyah's inability to Thames said. "I absolutely the start of the school year, lief watching him get in line "This really does not change see her friends. trust our administration and including Los Angeles, Phil- to have his temperature our plans," School Superin- "She's a social butterfly. our teachers to do what it adelphia and Washington. taken before entering the tendent Harold Olin said. That's a big part of her per- takes to keep them safe President Donald Trump building. "We knew that we would sonality," Williams said. and keep themselves safe." and Education Secretary She and her husband, who have a positive case at Aliyah has been participat- Many teachers are uneasy, Betsy DeVos have urged also works in health care, some point in the fall. We ing in color guard with the dismayed that the Pauld- schools to reopen. Howev- found it was a "nightmare" simply did not think it would school band, but Williams ing district refused to man- er, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the trying to keep the boy and happen on Day One." said she is now "conflicted" date masks or push back nation's top infectious-dis- their two other elementary Elsewhere in Indiana, El- about that too, considering the start date for in-person ease expert, warned Mon- school-age children on wood Junior Senior High the football player's posi- classes, as other Atlanta- day: "There may be some track with their studies. She suspended in-person class- tive test. area districts have done. areas where the level of said she is not overly wor- es two days into the school Other Paulding County par- But with Georgia's weak virus is so high that it would ried about her children get- year after at least one staff- ents were eager for in-per- unions, there has been little not be prudent to bring the ting sick at school. er tested positive. son classes. Jenna Thames organized opposition. children back to school." "It would be more detrimen- One student who wasn't drove 8-year-old Brantley "I desperately want to re- "So you can't make one tal not to send them, in my starting at North Paulding to his first day of third grade turn to face-to-face teach- statement about bringing opinion, than for them to on Monday was Aliyah Wil- and 6-year-old Rhett to his ing, but not until it is safe," children back to school in hang out and do the virtual liams. Her mother, Erica Wil- first day of first grade. Steven Hanft, a North this country. It depends on learning," she said. "I think liams, said she is keeping Thames said that no one at Paulding High teacher, told where you are," he said. they're going to get more the 14-year-old freshman her house is high-risk and the county school board In Georgia's Paulding interaction at school. They home because two of her that as a former teacher, last month. q Navy investigates video of dogs attacking Kaepernick fill-in Associated Press Kaepernick is a former San the NFL's commissioner has ing rifles, saying, "On your Warfare and the U.S. Navy," FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Francisco 49ers quarter- apologized for not listening belly." the statement said. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is in- back who began kneel- earlier to players' concerns The man replies, "Oh, man, The Navy said the "initial vestigating an incident in ing during the playing of about social injustice. I will stand," as he rolls over, indications" are that no which dogs attacked a "The Star Spangled Banner" The videos show four dogs followed by laughing from active duty personnel or "Colin Kaepernick stand-in" before games to protest attacking a man, who is the crowd. equipment were used in during a K-9 demonstration social injustice and police wearing a red Kaepernick The videos were apparent- the demonstration at the during a 2019 fundraiser at brutality. He played his fi- football jersey over heav- ly posted on Instagram last "independent organiza- the Navy SEAL Museum in nal NFL game in January ily padded gear as people year and resurfaced over tion's event." Florida. 2017. He offered support stand nearby watching. In the weekend. The Navy SEAL Museum is The Navy said in a state- to those protesting the a second video, the man is "The inherent message of located in Fort Pierce, Flor- ment posted on Twitter that death of George Floyd at laying on the ground when this video is completely in- ida, which is north of West officials became aware of the hands of Minneapolis he's approached by men consistent with the values Palm Beach on the state's the video on Sunday. police officers in May, and wearing fatigues and hold- and ethos of Naval Special Atlantic Coast. q A26 TUESDAY 4 AUGUST 2020 U.S. NEWS Trump fires TVA chair, cites hiring of foreign workers By ZEKE MILLER TVA from outsourcing much WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- of its information technol- dent Donald Trump said ogy division. Monday that he had fired Trump made the an- the chair of the Tennessee nouncement as he signed Valley Authority, criticizing an executive order to re- the federal-owned cor- quire all federal agencies poration for hiring foreign to complete an internal au- workers. dit to prove they are not re- Trump told reporters at the placing qualified American White House that he was workers with people from formally removing chair other countries. The White Skip Thompson and anoth- House said the order will er member of the board, help prevent federal agen- and he threatened to re- cies from unfairly replacing move other board mem- American workers with low- bers if they continued to er cost foreign labor. hire foreign labor. The order followed the The TVA is a federally TVA's announcement that owned corporation creat- it would outsource 20% ed in 1933 to provide flood of its technology jobs to control, electricity genera- companies based in for- tion, fertilizer manufactur- eign countries. TVA's action ing and economic devel- could cause more than President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with U.S. tech workers, before signing an Execu- opment to the Tennessee tive Order on hiring American workers, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 200 highly skilled American Valley, a region that was 2020, in Washington. tech workers in Tennessee hard hit by the Great De- Associated Press to lose their jobs to foreign pression.
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