I-SS, Iredell County Health Department notify parents of students at four district schools of positive COVID-19 tests

Posted on by Mike Fuhrman

Special to Iredell Free News

Iredell-Statesville Schools and the Iredell County Health Department notified parents of students at four district schools of positive COVID-19 tests last week.

Here is a summary of the notifications:

September 28

● Troutman Elementary: Close contacts have been notified

September 29

● West Iredell High School: Close contacts have been notified

September 30

● NB Mills Elementary School: Close contacts have been notified.

October 2

● South Iredell High School: Close contacts have been notified

Since August 10, I-SS has had 143 employees quarantined. That is 6 percent of the district’s faculty/staff. So far during the 2020-2021 school year, I-SS has had 39 positive COVID cases. That is 2 percent of the district’s faculty/staff.

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For more information on the Iredell-Statesville Schools Reopening Plan, please view our COVID-19 Updates page at www.issnc.org/coronavirus.