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Loudoun Middle School Staff Member Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A Loudoun County middle school staff member who tested positive is self-isolating while they recuperate, the school system said Tuesday.
LEESBURG, VA — A Loudoun County Public Schools staff member at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School in the Chantilly area of the county has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the school system said Tuesday. The staff member is self-isolating while they recuperate.
The staff member, who last worked at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School on April 3, first experienced symptoms last Thursday.
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.
Last Saturday, the schools system reported that a staff member at Freedom High School in the Chantilly area of the county had tested positive for the coronavirus. That staff member also is self-isolating while they recuperate.
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Loudoun County has 367 reported positive cases of the coronavirus and six deaths as of Wednesday. More than 15 of the reported cases have been Loudoun County Public Schools staffers.
Beginning Wednesday, Loudoun County Public Schools teachers are providing distance learning for their students. Grades 3-12 teachers will provide synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities through Google Classroom.
K-2 teachers will have the flexibility to provide optional synchronous learning opportunities as well as offline learning opportunities through ParentVue or other forms of communication previously established with their students' families.
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