Due to a possible exposure with COVID – 19, As a precaution near 300 students from a Riverside County high school were sent home .
Representatives of the school district to which Elsinore High School belongs , located in the city of Wildomar , reported that students who failed activities were in contact with other students who tested positive for coronavirus .
It is about approximately of 18% of the 1, 600 registered students in high school, who returned to classes in person since 11 of August.
It was indicated that the affected students are from all grade levels of the school.
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The authorities asked the students to quarantine at home for 10 days, but some students chose to return to high school under a “modified quarantine” policy, which allows them to attend face-to-face classes without taking part in extracurricular activities, such as sports.
Students who decide to return in the “modified quarantine” mode will have to undergo COVID testing – 19.
Estimated in 20 the number of people who tested positive for The coronavirus at Elsinore High School so far this school year.
In the entire Lake Elsinore Unified School District, nearly 500 students from 7 schools have been referred to their homes for possible exposure to COVID – 19.
He came back to difficult classes in California
The return to school in California has been complicated due to the report of infections among students and workers in the education sector in different unified school districts in the state.
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