Stephens Co School System Toughens COVID Mitigation Plans

In Stephens County, the Board of Education last week agreed to implement required quarantines for students and staff that come into close contact with students who test positive for COVID-19.

Board of Education Vice Chair Rod Moore, along with his fellow board members agreed to also include a required quarantine for students and staff who come into close contact with other students who test positive for the virus.

As part of the School System’s Enhanced Mitigation Plan, the system will begin implementing preventative practices to ensure the system can consistently provide live school.

Those preventative practices include:

Faculty and Students may choose to wear a mask based on personal preference;
Temperature checks will be conducted as needed in the classroom at teacher discretion;
Stephens County Schools will follow all legally required isolation and quarantine guidance from the Georgia Department of Public Health;
Schools will work to reduce the number of students in the cafeteria for lunch using the methods that work best for their particular community, such as an A/B schedule and meals in the classroom.

Ethan Jordan, WNEG Radio Toccoa contributed to this article