Since Carlsbad Municipal Schools returned to in-person learning on March 29, hundreds of students were quarantined after potential exposure to COVID-19, about year after the pandemic first struck New Mexico and led to districts throughout the state shifting to virtual classes.
Superintendent Gerry Washburn said a total of 733 students were placed on quarantine, about 8.4 percent of the 8,660 students in the district, per the National Center for Education Statistics.
There were 19 confirmed student cases of COVID-19 since the return to full, in-person learning – eight in elementary school, four in middle school and seven in high school.
Meanwhile, 25 staff members were quarantined since March 29, with four confirmed cases.
Four schools in Bloomfield close voluntarily to online learning
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 4:45 PM Updated 1 day 51 minutes ago Mesa Alta Junior High School is one of the Bloomfield schools that closed to in-person learning as a result of several COVID-19 cases. Mesa Alta Junior High School
Four schools in Bloomfield close voluntarily to online learning Mesa Alta Junior High School is one of the Bloomfield schools that closed to in-person learning as a result of several COVID-19 cases. Mesa Alta Junior High School
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Following COVID-19 outbreaks at multiple schools in the state, three schools will voluntarily close to in-person learning due to coronavirus cases.
The state Public Education Department announced on Tuesday that Mesa Alta Junior High School and Central Primary in Bloomfield and Socorro High School will move to exclusively remote learning starting on Wednesday.
Bloomfield closed the junior high “because there were enough potential exposures among staff members who chose not to be vaccinated that Mesa Alta could no longer support in-person learning” and Central Primary closed its doors because a majority of kids at the school would have had to quarantine as close contacts related to two positive cases. Meanwhile, seven students at Socorro High School tested positive since Thursday.
School forced to close for in-person learning after exposure threatens staff that chose not to vaccinate Updated: 10:16 AM MDT Apr 14, 2021 Share Updated: 10:16 AM MDT Apr 14, 2021 A junior high school in Bloomfield has been closed after there was “enough potential exposure among staff members who chose not to be vaccinated.”Bloomfield officials decided to close Mesa Alta for two weeks saying the potential exposure at the school could no longer support in-person learning. Mesa Alta will reopen for in-person learning on April 26. The New Mexico Public Education Department does not require teachers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 at this time.
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