Teachers test positive for coronavirus.
Students sent home for two weeks as a precaution
Lafayette county upper elementary school has been sent home for quarantine because of the coronavirus.... wtva's wayne hereford is live in oxford with why the decision to send nearly 200 students home was made..
Lafayette county school superintendent adam pugh says he was notified some fourth grade teachers tested positive for the coronavirus.
He says through contact tracing they learned the teachers had been in contact with all but two of the other fourth grade teachers.
Them and the students."
"out of safety for our students and our staff, we decided to quarantine or teach our fourth grade class virtually for two weeks."
Lafayette county superintendent adam pugh says the entire lafayette county elementary fourth grade class will be taking classes at home.
Standup.."superintendent pugh says some 200 fourth graders will not return to in-person instruction until september the eighth."
"they're all at home on computers .
For the ones that don't have internet access at home, we're creating paper packets for them to do.
While they are out for these two weeks."
Pugh says the district is doing its best to keep the students up on their school work.
He also says the teachers who tested positive for the coronavirus are doing well.
"they feel bad that they have contracted the virus but they want to be at work .but for safety we are quarantining them and the students."
Superintendent pugh says the virtual classes will continue for the time being.
He says that the lafayette county school district checks everyone's temperature each day before they enter the building.
He says he is asking parents to check at home too.
He says the district is doing its best to continue educating the students despite the coronavirus.
Reporting live in lafayette
The Lafayette County School quarantined the entire fourth grade after most of the teachers came in contact with the coronavirus.
