The Rappahannock County Elementary School. Courtesy of RCPS
Another Rappahannock County Elementary School student has tested positive for COVID-19, the second case of coronavirus within the same classroom.
As a result, RCPS Superintendent Dr. Shannon Grimsley said this late afternoon RCES will remain on âremote-learning statusâ through Friday, Dec. 18. In addition, all the students in the one classroom are now quarantining.
In a letter to the school community, Grimsley recalled that a staff member had tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. Then on Monday, Dec. 7, another staff member and two students presented with symptoms that could be associated with COVID-19 or some other illness. The staff member ultimately tested negative for the virus, as did one of the two students, while the other student no longer had symptoms. Â