District 33C Staff Member Tests Positive, 1 Awaiting Results

HOMER GLEN, IL — One staff member at Homer District 33C has tested positive for the coronavirus and another is awaiting results, Superintendent Craig Schoppe said in a letter to the community.

According to Schoppe, a staff member at Butler and a staff member at Homer Junior High started experiencing coronavirus-like symptoms over the weekend. One employee has received a positive result, while the other is still a possible case.

"While neither were at school today and no students have been exposed, they did have close contact with several staff members last week during our institute days," Schoppe wrote to the community. "These two staff members and the several others who had close contact will be teaching remotely and will not be reporting to work until cleared to do so."

He said the district is following the updated IDPH exclusion guidance in regards to personnel-virus protocol.

For those students who are attending school in-person, instruction will continue. If your child's teacher has been asked to work remotely, then your child's classroom will be supervised with other building staff.

"Our goal is to stay in session, but we will continue to closely monitor the needs of students and staff as it relates to safety at each of our buildings," Schoppe wrote.