UPDATE: 115 Crawford School District students quarantined due to possible exposure

UPDATE: December 9 at 5 p.m. — 115 Crawford County School District students are now quarantined due to possible COVID-19 exposure.

That’s according to the district’s December 9 COVID-19 update.

The school district also announced Wednesday that Crawford County High School will move to remote learning starting Thursday, December 10.

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ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 40 Crawford County students are quarantining after being exposed to COVID-19. 

This is according to Crawford County School District Superintendent Brent Lowe.

Lowe says that a Pre-Kindergarten class was exposed to a positive school employee. The superintendent added that one middle school student and two high school students also tested positive for COVID-19.

The district’s December 8 COVID-19 update showed a total of 40 students (2.55% of the district’s enrolled students) were in quarantine due to possible exposure.

Three employees were absent due to a positive COVID-19 test and 10 employees were absent due to possible exposure.