A middle school in Fredericksburg will send its students home for virtual-only learning just two weeks after the start of the new school year.
The city schools system announced that students at Walker-Grant Middle School would return to virtual learning after seeing a growing number of new coronavirus cases.
After consulting with the Virginia Department of Health, Fredericksburg City Public Schools announced it, which had determined the situation as a high-level concern due to Walker-Grant's reporting of several new cases over the last two weeks, which has resulted in the quarantining of staff and students.
According to FCPS, there have been multiple presumptive and positive new coronavirus cases just in the last week. FCPS also disclosed that just in the last two days, those cases had been linked together, resulting in multiple outbreaks and other ongoing cases resulting in high levels of student absenteeism and school staff being at critical levels.
VDH considers a coronavirus outbreak to be at least two cases reported at the same address.Â
Updated stats on the FCPS school website reveals that between August 8 and August 23, a total of 95 students within the entire school division have been quarantined due to exposure to the virus. Out of that total, 25 students had been tested positive for the virus.
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