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Over 10 HCS athletics teams in quarantine due to COVID-19 protocols, officials say
CDC recommends masks in public settings By WMBF News Staff | December 17, 2020 at 12:49 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 4:48 PM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Horry County Schools currently has 11 athletics teams in quarantine due to COVID-19 protocols, according to the district.
HCS spokesperson Lisa Bourcier confirmed the Myrtle Beach High School girls’ varsity basketball squad is in quarantine due to a positive player. The team can return to school on Dec. 21.
The Socastee High School boys’ varsity basketball team is also in quarantine due to a positive player, according to Bourcier. She added the team will be out of quarantine on Dec. 23 and can return to school on Jan. 4, following the holiday break.
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MYRTLE BEACH â As thousands in Horry County and across South Carolina reconsider their format of school instruction before the second semester, medical experts are casting a wide net in questioning the effectiveness of plexiglass used as dividers in classrooms, calling the measure a âplaceboâ and pointing to the lack of data to determine the true impact.
In mid-November, the Horry County Schools Board of Education unanimously voted to use nearly $5 million in state funds to install plexiglass throughout the district to try and combat the spread of COVID-19 in classrooms, something already complete in many other South Carolina school districts.