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MYRTLE BEACH â Nearly 200 students were moved into quarantine at St. James Elementary School last week â roughly 25.1 percent of the entire student body â after a roving staffer tested positive for COVID-19, a source close to the situation confirmed to the Post and Courier Myrtle Beach.
An additional nine staffers were also moved into quarantine.
The Post and Courier also obtained an internal email that indicated that 193 St. James Elementary School students had been contacted due to the positive case.
When approached about the situation and asked if the district entertained the idea of shutting down the school, no direct answer was provided by an HCS spokesperson.