Loudoun Elementary School Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — Loudoun County Public Schools staff members at Frederick Douglass Elementary School in Leesburg and Guilford Elementary School in Sterling have tested positive for the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to the school system. Both staff members are self-isolated at home while they recuperate.

The Frederick Douglass Elementary School staff member last worked at the school last Friday, the school system said Thursday. The Guilford Elementary School staff member last worked at the school on April 22.

When provided a report of an LCPS employee who tests positive for the coronavirus, the Loudoun County Health Department determines the need and extent of a contact investigation. When the health department conducts contact investigations, its practice is to reach out to all "close contacts" of people who have tested positive.

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The Virginia Department of Health now defines close contacts as people who have been within six feet of a person who tests positive for the virus, for 10 minutes or more, starting from 48 hours before symptom onset.

Loudoun County has 746 reported positive cases of the coronavirus and 15 deaths as of Thursday, according to the Virginia Department of Health.

Loudoun County Public Schools teachers are providing distance learning for their students. Grades 3-12 teachers are providing synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities through Google Classroom.

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