No Coronavirus Cases At H-F; Student Under Voluntary Quarantine

FLOSSMOOR, IL — There are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus affecting any student at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, although one student is under a voluntary quarantine.

The student "is not symptomatic" and can come to school at any time, Homewood-Flossmoor High School Principal Dr. Jerry Lee Anderson said after administrators sent a letter to district families updating them of the situation.

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"We have followed every direction given from both the Cook County Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Public Health," Anderson said.

The case of the student is "low-risk," health officials informed the school. The student did not have direct contact with the person who was diagnosed, but was in the same building at a non-school related gathering a week-and-a-half ago, the letter states.

Here's the full letter signed by school administrators.

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