High School Open After Teachers Leave Quarantine

There are no active cases and only 7 people in quarantine.

That improvement comes as students head back to the classroom for the first time in 2 weeks.

Total to more than 24 hundred.

New information tonight on coronavirus at elkmont high school.

Right now - there are no active cases and only 7 peoplein quarantine.

That improvement comes as students head back to the classroom for the first time in 2 weeks!

The school switched to remote learning after 13 positive coronavirus cases forced the school to go virtual.

Waay 31's grace cambpell shares what she learned after speaking with the principal today.

The principal here at elkmont high school told me the main reason they were forced to go virtual only is because of the number of teachers who had to quarantine.

She told me they wouldn't have been able to find enough substitutes to cover classes.

But now that those teachers are out of quarantine - they're able to bring students back in the building.

Pkg: elizabeth cantrell, elkmont high principal: "we realized our students could come back because our teachers could come back and it was pretty much a no brainer to go back to school."

Elizabeth cantrell is the principal at elkmont high school.

She told me the first 2 days back after the 2 week shut down went smoothy.

She said she hopes they don't have to go all-virtual again - but told me there isn't an exact number of positive cases that she's watching for.

"if we got to the point where we had lots of students or lots of teacher positives again and we needed to quarantine, we would do that, but it's definitely a case by case basis."

Cantrell said the same safety measures are still in place - like social distancing, masking, and temperature checks.

She said she's satisfied with the cleaning protocols - and they haven't changed since students returned to class.

"it wasn't the number it was just the makeup of who was quarantined.

So, i think that our procedures didn't really change because we were very proactive from the very beginning."

In elkmont, grace campbell, waay 31 news.

Proactive from the very beginning."

In elkmont, grace campbell, waay 31 news.

The principal said they didn't have any issues with virtual learning over the past 2 weeks.

Traditional students who were online during that time recieved laptops - but did have to turn in their laptops earlier this week.

Those laptops will now go back to classrooms they were originally used in they will