NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Naperville School District 203 is considering a plan to keep students in classes if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19, but have tested negative.
As of the start of this week, about 2,000 students - 10 percent - were forced to quarantine and participate in remote learning, because they were exposed to someone with COVID-19.
Among the 1,992 students in quarantine, only 98 actually tested positive for COVID-19.
The District Superintendent Dan Bridges the school board on the idea.
"One of the things we've been talking about, looking at our tools in our toolbox is a test-to-stay program with modified quarantine, which has been approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education," Bridges said.
Though, he told the school board the “test-to-stay” idea is being considered, it wouldn’t be easy.
"To fully fulfill the requirements of the test-to-stay protocol and the amount of testing and the frequency of testing, it is going to be difficult for us to implement alone, definitely under current staffing structures. That being said, as we continue to evaluate the impact of lost time in the classroom, we know we have to consider what other options may be. So we will continue to look at it," Bridges said.
The Superintendent said under “test-to-stay” students would be tested every other day after exposure for a week in order to be able to stay in school.
He noted the DuPage County Health Department is not on board.
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