30% of Norfolk elementary school staff test positive for COVID-19

by: KCAU STAFF

Posted: Aug 27, 2020 / 06:46 PM CDT / Updated: Aug 27, 2020 / 06:48 PM CDT

This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. They said Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 that genetic tests show a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously been infected with in March. (NIAID/National Institutes of Health via AP)

NORFOLK, Neb. (KCAU) – Lincoln Montessori Elementary School will be closing their doors on Friday and move to remote learning on Monday due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

According to a release, Lincoln Montessori will return to on-site learning on September 14 after 30% of the staff tested positive for COVID-19.

So far, no students have tested positive for COVID-19, and the school district will take steps to address the issue and prevent students from getting it.

The Board of Education, NPS administration, ELVPHD, and the HHS Epidemiology Director created a plan to eliminate the spread:

Free confidential COVID testing at Lincoln Montessori from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 28, in the west side parking lot
Deep cleaning and disinfecting of Lincoln Montessori to be completed over the weekend
Virtual learning until Monday, September 14