730 students now quarantined in Marion (Arkansas) School District
https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2021/08/04/730-students-now-quarantined-marion-school-district/MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Two days into the second week of the new school year, Marion School District has more than 700 students in quarantine because of COVID-19, up nearly 300 since Tuesday.
As of Wednesday morning, Superintendent Dr. Glen Fenter said there were 730 students quarantined with positive cases in 34 students and nine faculty and staff.
Fenter says about a third of those cases are among elementary students who are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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What in the ever loving hell are those people thinking, cramming kids into classrooms during delta surge???
How many will have to suffer & die?
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These willfully unvaxed should absolutely not be admitted to hospitals imo.
With the IDIOTS that makes these decisions about our schools. Wouldn't surprise me, that the NEXT thing they do is refuse to make people quarantine! 
I'm guessing that schools here in New York will be opening in about 5 weeks, and I can't imagine the scrambling that's taking place even now to prepare for another year with Covid! What do they expect?? When there were outbreaks here, there were shutdowns - and it sounds like they need to do that for these poor kids to protect them from their poor planning to protect them from the virus, though it sounds like it's already spread - poor kids!
Not sure where this district is in the state, but it's August in the South. Bound to be hot!
I'll bet they are scrambling! I believe most in education are there because they want to help students to self-actualize.
That would really be nearly impossible if on a ventilator, or struggling with long-haul.
Not sure, but I'm guessing this qpuke state made mandatory in-person learning a law as well.
Gawd, I detest them. And I really empathize with the poor students, educators, & sane parents who want their kids to live & be healthy.
And unless their parents are totally out of touch, they must be a wreck. If this was my kid, I'd have refused to send them into that super spreader event. As for teachers, it must be a nightmare - don't they have a union? 
And like I said before, if I was still at camp like I was as a kid, this week we'd only be starting our second summer session. And the heat wasn't much of a concern back then, between the woods and the lake, I wore a jacket most days. 
Who knows what these people are thinking?
As for a union, not sure if it exists there but, even if it does, it's likely weak.
Ah, your summer camp sounds lovely!
It's not like this virus snuck up on us, we've been dealing with it for well over a year. And it hasn't been a secret that not only is it getting worse, but it's affecting kids now - thanks to the positions they're put in, like sending them to school in the summer heat with no plans on how to keep them safe and no precautions in place.
And my camp was really lovely, I went to a girls' camp on Lake Champlain in Vermont for 6 years growing up. The main activities were riding and water sports, but there were another dozen activities, too. I'm still friends with the group of friends I went to camp with - though now we're in different states. We got back together for the last several years in the summer in Vermont - except for last year and this year doesn't look promising, either. *sigh*
This pandemic is like watching a very poorly scripted horror movie. 
That is really nice you campers have kept in touch & get together when able.
They'd figure that no one in charge of the health and well being of constituents in a state would be that clueless to the reality of what's happening to those people. Elected officials have expert advisors for a reason - a good example is what Dr. Fauci has been doing for 7 presidents! And only stupid and obstinate people think they know better - to their (and their constituents') peril.
And one of my best friends from camp grew up there - her parents owned and ran the camp from 1951-2006! But they passed away within 3 weeks of each other in 2015, so that was the last time we gathered at camp.