Published February 4, 2021 •
Updated on February 5, 2021 at 12:08 pm
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Two days after the Escondido Union School District returned to hybrid-model in-classroom teaching, 81 students and 18 staff members at four schools have been quarantined.
The members of the community were quarantined after seven different students tested positive at four different schools. According to the district’s COVID-19 dashboard:
Four of the positive cases are at Farr Elementary, leading to 44 students and 5 staff members being placed under quarantine
At Pioneer Elementary, 1 positive case has led to 9 students and 2 staff members being quarantined
At Rock Springs Elementary, 12 students have been quarantined as the result of 1 positive case.
Friends say Maude Jones was exposed to the coronavirus while at school. Author: Brittany Kleinpeter Updated: 1:12 AM EST January 12, 2021
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. A Gwinnett County educator, mother, and friend has died following a battle with COVID-19.
According to friends, Maude Jones tested positive for the virus after being exposed while working at Rock Springs Elementary School.
The 68-year-old paraprofessional had plans to retire from Rock Springs Elementary after the fall semester, but friends say she never got the chance after contracting COVID-19.
“She basically said she was going home to quarantine for 14 days, but we didn’t know it was all going downhill, said Angela Coleman, a friend of Jones.