School Board Loosens Quarantine Requirements For Close COVID Contacts

Mandatory Quarantine for Close Contacts Lifted For Asymptomatic Students

Edmonson Voice Report:
The Edmonson County Board of Education amended the district's current Covid-19 Operations Plan at last night's board meeting, according to the school district Facebook Page.

"Effectively immediately, students (regardless of vaccination status) who are identified as close contacts at school will not be required to quarantine as long as they are not showing symptoms. We will continue to notify parents if/when their child has been identified as a close contact at school," the announcement said.

"This update does not affect current quarantine procedures for household contacts. Household contacts will continue to quarantine (regardless of symptoms), due to the continued exposure to the infected individual within the home."

"Our current masking policy has not changed, and continues to be based on the percentage of overall positive cases within each school building. At this time, all of our schools are mask-optional as they are all below the 2.5% positive threshold," the post read.

"After gaining feedback from our school community, as well as surrounding school districts, our Board of Education members felt it was the appropriate time to revisit and update our quarantine procedures for students exposed to a positive individual while at school," said Alan Talley, Director of Pupil Personnel for Edmonson County Schools.

"We will continue to communicate with families when students are exposed at school and identified as close contacts. We ask that all parents continue to communicate with schools as Covid situations arise in the home. While we have decided to no longer quarantine asymptomatic close contacts from school, school administrators will work with parents who believe a quarantine from school is the right choice for their family."