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WARRIOR NATION COVID-19 UPDATE

DOUG BROWN
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Warrior Nation UPDATE  - September 19, 2020

In a spirit of transparency, Idabel Public Schools wants to make sure our parents have all the information they need to make the appropriate decisions for the safety of their children. The information below describes the current situation on our campuses districtwide pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we have had some of our Warrior family affected by this pandemic. Please understand Idabel Public Schools' staff is working diligently every day to minimize the numbers of our families impacted by this virus. 

As of September 19, 2020

Current Quarantined

14 Students Quarantined due to “close contact” (seven students exposed away from school seven students exposed at school)

          -10 high school

           -2 middle school

           -2 primary school

2 high school students Quarantined due to a positive test (contracted away from school)

3 high school employees Quarantined due to “close contact” outside of school

1 high school employee Quarantined due to "close contact" while at school

School District Nurse, Susan Ramsey, is doing a fantastic job coordinating our contact tracing efforts with the local McCurtain County Health Department. She is personally contacting each case and verifying information and works closely with health department officials and our administrators.  Through all of her efforts the number of students and employees being quarantined is kept to a minimum.

REMINDER: CDC-Close Contact Definition: For COVID-19, a close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes. An infected person can spread COVID-19 starting 48 hours (or 2 days) before the person had any symptoms or tested positive for COVID-19.

CDC Definition of Close Contact