An elementary school in southern Fulton County has paused in-person learning because too many teachers and staff are quarantining due to COVID-19.
Fulton County Schools announced Wednesday that College Park Elementary would remain in remote learning through Friday, Dec. 18.
“At this time, no additional positive cases have been confirmed,” according to the district’s Wednesday post on Facebook.
Coronavirus-related closures of individual schools have been sporadic but not uncommon, but it is rare for the district to specify that the number of cases among teachers/staff is causing the closure.
Before the district started welcoming students back to physical classrooms, a group of teachers protested the return and claimed it was unsafe.
District officials first moved College Park Elementary to virtual-only learning on Monday, Dec. 7.
The latest data shows at least 55 students/staff at the school are quarantining due to the virus. District data also shows that two College Park Elementary students/staff had tested positive.
Officials have said that the numbers are limited to what contact tracing can link to the schools and is not an exact number because not everyone participates in contact tracing.
In all, 293 students/staff were quarantining districtwide as of Sunday, Dec. 6.
The district is close to wrapping up its survey to see which families are comfortable sending their children to in-person schooling for the next semester. Officials said they would review the results until Dec. 18.