In the first three weeks of school, Teton School District 401 saw only two positive cases of COVID, and a very small number of possible exposures. According to a news release from the district over the weekend the numbers have changed.
As of Friday afternoon, there were 11 total positive cases of COVID in School District 401 since the start of school. This includes students and staff members. Currently, 77 students and staff are in quarantine, from either their own positive case, or because of a possible exposure to someone who tested positive.
Maintaining their commitment to transparency, the district says there may be others, as each principal of the schools is working with Eastern Idaho Public Health on contact tracing and notifying people of the need to quarantine. Their information does not include data relating to families that may be self-quarantining because of a non-school-related exposure.
The release says as of Thursday morning, there were three classes at Driggs Elementary in quarantine; two first grade classes and one kindergarten class. As a result of the increase in cases, District 401 desperately needs substitutes for staff members who are quarantining.
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