Test to Stay: Kentucky schools see falling COVID quarantine rates
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More Kentucky school districts opting for mask requirement
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Inside Park City High School, officials tested 900 students on Monday, while in the parking lot outside, TestUtah staffers ran a free community testing clinic. The “Test to Stay” program aims to keep schools open even as the district weathers the largest outbreak yet.
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Park City’s secondary students returned to school on Monday after nearly two weeks of remote learning, but as per usual during the pandemic, it was far from a typical school day.
Throughout the morning, the district summoned 900 students from Treasure Mountain Junior High School and Park City High School to the high school gym for rapid COVID-19 antigen tests on the first day of what officials call the “Test to Stay” program.
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Park City High School and Treasure Mountain Junior High School were slated to move to remote learning starting Wednesday after COVID-19 case numbers spiked following students’ return from winter break. shows that the high school had 16 active cases of COVID-19 while Treasure Mountain had six. State and federal guidelines recommend shutting a school that has 15 or more active cases.
Superintendent Jill Gildea indicated in a message announcing the move that in-person learning would resume at both schools no later than Monday, Jan. 25. The schools have a combined population of more than 2,000 students.
Gildea said that once in-person learning returns, the district will test every student and staff member at those schools at least once every two weeks, a program known as “test to stay.”