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Eight children contracted COVID-19 and 75 were quarantined after a family knowingly sent their infected child to a Corte Madera school and failed to tell anyone, officials said Friday.
The parents were told to keep both children home and to notify the school, Geithman said. Instead, they told no one and sent their children to school on Nov. 9-10, 12 and Nov. 15-18, he said. Schools were closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day.
The staff spent the morning of Nov. 19 testing two classes, or about 50 children, who were then all advised to go into modified quarantine over the 10 days of the Thanksgiving break. A third class of an additional 25 students was added to the modified quarantine later after an additional positive case was found there.
The modified quarantine meant the students were not allowed to travel, attend family gatherings or group activities during the holiday week.
Geithman said the district will take “corrective action” against the parents. He declined to say what that might include, citing confidentiality. He said the two siblings would not be penalized in any way.
“These are elementary school students who were sent to school by their parents,” he said. “They should face no consequences.”
Eight children contracted COVID-19 and 75 were quarantined after a family knowingly sent their infected child to a Corte Madera school and failed to tell anyone, officials said Friday.
The parents were told to keep both children home and to notify the school, Geithman said. Instead, they told no one and sent their children to school on Nov. 9-10, 12 and Nov. 15-18, he said. Schools were closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day.
The staff spent the morning of Nov. 19 testing two classes, or about 50 children, who were then all advised to go into modified quarantine over the 10 days of the Thanksgiving break. A third class of an additional 25 students was added to the modified quarantine later after an additional positive case was found there.
The modified quarantine meant the students were not allowed to travel, attend family gatherings or group activities during the holiday week.
Geithman said the district will take “corrective action” against the parents. He declined to say what that might include, citing confidentiality. He said the two siblings would not be penalized in any way.
“These are elementary school students who were sent to school by their parents,” he said. “They should face no consequences.”