Thursday, July 29, 2021

Greenwood County School District 51 reports positive COVID-19 cases; students in quarantine

 

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Greenwood County School District 51 reports positive COVID-19 cases; students in quarantine

 

An Upstate school district is reporting 70 students in quarantine after positive COVID-19 cases in the district.

South Carolina State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman said Wednesday that coronavirus is already hitting some South Carolina schools.

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“One superintendent I spoke with whose schools went back into session last week said they are already beginning to quarantine some students,” Spearman said.

To read more of Spearman's comments, click here.

WYFF News 4 reached out to the Greenwood County School Districts that have already started back to get an update.

Here is what we found:

Greenwood School District 51 posted the following on its website Thursday:

As of this morning, school nurses have reported 5 positive cases, resulting in about 70 students being quarantined as close contacts, the majority of which have been at the high school. Masks are available at school and on school buses if you wish for your child to wear one. Starting next week, students at the primary and middle schools will have lunch in their classroom so that we can keep them within their group as much as possible. Please keep sick children at home. If you want them tested, contact your school nurse.


Greenwood School District 52 Superintendent Rex Ward said Thursday they have zero cases.

(We will continue to update this story as we hear from other districts)

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