An Abundance of Caution
Dear Dr. Watts, Thank you so much for your attention to this email. As a teacher at GCPS for nine years, I am thankful that I can email and communicate directly with my superintendent. I would like to speak with you about the abundance of caution that was shown to our families in our county. It was so kind to communicate early that families could focus on their loved ones during a potentially dangerous hurricane; young people would not be placed in a potentially dangerous situation. Instead, the young people in our county could be with their families as they–the families–navigated employment, housing, potential damages, electricity and utilities, and access to transportation, which all become relevant issues during emergencies, such as the state of emergency called by our governor Brian Kemp. The message that families could be together and that young people would be home was communicated through this abundance of caution. I am writing to you today because I do not feel that this same a