St. Johns County schools report 155 COVID-19 cases after 1st day

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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – At the adjacent of the archetypal time of school, the St. Johns County School District reported a full of 155 cases of COVID-19 successful its schools.

Of those cases, 95 were students and 60 were employees. There were besides a full of 168 quarantines — 33 unit and 135 students. There are a full of 45,600 students and 5,200 unit successful the district.

For comparison, Duval County Public Schools, which has astir 3 times arsenic galore students arsenic the territory successful St. Johns County, reported 82 full cases successful its archetypal week — 66 students and 16 employees.

A St. Johns County School District spokesperson said a bulk of the 95 pupil cases were reported by parents whose students were kept astatine location connected the archetypal day.

Bartram Trail, 1 of the largest schools successful the St. Johns County School District, reported the astir cases with 17. Freedom Crossing Academy, a K-8 school, reported 9 cases, and St. Augustine High School reported 7 cases. Valley Ridge Academy successful Ponte Vedra Beach reported the highest fig of quarantines with 13.

The St. Johns County School Board made the arguable determination to marque masks optional for students this schoolhouse year. It besides discontinued somesthesia checks and table shields, 2 COVID-19 precautions successful spot during the past schoolhouse year.

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“My boys wore masks this year, but I noticed it some driblet disconnected and prime up that not everyone had a disguise on, but I would accidental a just magnitude of the teachers and kids did deterioration the masks, which is good,” said Rebecca Ross, genitor of 2 students.

Kristi Greiner, who has 3 students successful St. Johns County schools, said she’s gladsome masks are a request for students this year.

““I’m highly blessed astir them not having to deterioration masks. I consciousness similar they were precise stressed astir it past year,” she said.

The authorities recorded much than 31,700 caller COVID-19 cases successful Floridians property 19 and younger past week. There were besides 2 further deaths of Floridians nether the property of 16 reported.

The caller statistic travel arsenic the statement implicit schoolhouse disguise mandates continues to escalate.

The state’s largest teachers national is tracking school-related cases, quarantines and deaths. It’s recovered much than 5,400 infections of students and unit and much than 8,500 quarantines since Aug. 1, though a Jacksonville pediatrician said that fig is apt overmuch higher.

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