September 10, 2020
Republic School District Families and Employees,
We're writing this evening to notify you of three additional positive COVID19 cases in our district. The first is an Early Childhood Center employee, the second an RHS student and the third an RMS student. All three are at home resting with mild symptoms.
The EC employee was never on campus when contagious so no students or employees were placed on quarantine. The RHS student was last in class on Friday, September 4. The RMS student was on campus and contagious August 31 and September 1.
At the direction of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department all students and employees who were exposed to the individuals who tested positive for COVID19 have been individually contacted by phone call. Those needing to self-isolate and quarantine to help stop the spread have been directed to do so. If you did not receive an individual phone call about these situations, no action is needed. District sanitation practices were immediately implemented as well.
As a reminder, exposure notifications will be distributed each evening (and at the completion of the weekend) that there is a positive case in our district. Also, we want to take this opportunity to remind our patrons about the rules we are required to follow per the CDC and Springfield-Greene County Health Department in regards to isolation and quarantine situations using the graphic below. In addition, details and example scenarios can be found on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html.
