Two classes of Luxemburg-Casco Primary School students will learn from home for the next two weeks after a third teacher in the district tested positive for COVID-19. Parents and staff were notified of the test Wednesday afternoon. Since the infected person shares students with a teacher in the same grade for instructional purposes, 36 students will be quarantined due to the district’s protocols. The affected teacher could come back to school as soon as Monday if symptoms had subsided for at least a few days. Superintendent Glenn Schlender says the staff’s past experience teaching virtually is important whether they are at home or in the classroom.
A Luxemburg-Casco High School teacher tested positive last week for COVID-19, but no other staff members or students had to quarantine as a result. Schlender added all three staff members that have tested positive for COVID-19 this school year are doing fine.