North Paulding Footballers Positive For COVID-19 As School Starts

DALLAS, GA — The day before Paulding County went back to school in person, the principal of one of its high schools emailed parents to let them know that some football players had already been infected with the coronavirus.

"I want you to know that while preparing for the upcoming season, our football team has learned of both new positive tests and potential symptoms within the program," wrote North Paulding High School principal Gabe Carmona in an email sent on Sunday.

The email went on to ask parents to monitor their children for symptoms because the football players may have been in contact with them.

The email, as reported by WSB-TV, did not give specifics on how many were infected.

Paulding County was one of the first Atlanta-area school systems to start classes this year, with three days a week of face-to-face learning and two days a week of digital learning.

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