Hundreds of Bay County students and staff under COVID-19 quarantine after 2 weeks of school
PANAMA CITY — Hundreds of students and staff in 20 Bay County schools are under quarantine for COVID-19 after two weeks into classes for the new year.
According to Bay District Schools statistics, as of Friday a total of 587 students and staff were under quarantine after the report of 114 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the school system. Of the people quarantining, 312 were reported directly by the school district, while the rest are self-reported because they had close contact with a family member or someone outside of school with COVID-19.
The current school year started on Aug. 10.
Lyndsey Jackson, supervisory school nurse for BDS, said that for the most part, there hasn't been an interruption in operations in the school district despite the large number of quarantines. She also said there hasn't been a huge distinction on what grade levels have been affected by COVID-19 — it has been pretty even.
According to Jackson, a few classrooms have had to close down for a few days, but they mainly have been ones for pre-kindergarten students. She said that by the nature of pre-school, it is hard to reduce close contact between students.
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