Starting after Labor Day, 麻豆影院 Public School employees will be required to be tested twice weekly in an attempt to curb the rising COVID-19 numbers in the district.
鈥漇urveillance testing will allow us to keep up our momentum of quality, in-person learning and minimize the risk for everyone. Even if you are fully vaccinated, or have no symptoms, you may unknowingly expose others to the COVID-19 virus.”
Lisa Herring, Superintendent 麻豆影院 Public Schools
This announcement comes after Decatur City Schools announced the possibility of making the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for both students and staff this past Wednesday. Currently, for the week of August 20 For the week ending Aug. 20, APS reported聽聽among staff and students.
Currently, districtwide, 19% of more than 21,000 eligible 麻豆影院 Public Schools students were vaccinated by late last month while the employee rate is about 58%.