A Principal And His Tape Measure: Schools Are Helping Do COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Friday, May 14, 2021
Gaylord High School principal Chris Hodges measures the space between seats in a yearbook class. A student in the class tested positive for covid, and Hodges is working with the local health department to trace people who might have been exposed to her at school.
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Chris Hodges, the principal of Gaylord High School in Otsego County, Michigan, never thought he'd be a contact tracer.
"I definitely thought, you know, 'Why — why am I doing this?'" he says with a laugh. "That's not what I went to school for."