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Seven Escondido schools have placed 188 students and staff on quarantine this month because of possible contact with positive cases on campus.
Since Feb. 1, a total of 158 students and 30 employees have been quarantined after other individuals in their classrooms tested positive for COVID-19. During that time, five people at Rose Elementary School tested positive, leading to quarantines of 25 students and five employees, according to the school dashboard.
There were also four positive cases at Farr Elementary School, resulting in quarantines of 44 students and five employees; three positive cases at Pioneer Elementary School, with 27 students and four staff members quarantined; and two positive cases at Mission Middle School, with 32 students and 10 staff members sent home. Central, Reidy Creek, and Rock Springs Elementary Schools each had one case, with 8 to 12 students each, and a total of two employees placed on quarantine. There was also one case in maintenance in operat