August 28, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Although he would not confirm whether its students or faculty or how many, Director of Schools Patrick Cripps told WJLE Friday that individuals have come forward to report symptoms or positive cases of COVID-19 among stakeholders of the school system.
“We’ve had some positive cases and we are just following Centers for Disease Control and the Tennessee Department of Health guidelines and protocols”.
Asked if schools would close because of the reports, Director Cripps said “not at this time”.
Meanwhile, in its latest report, the Tennessee Department of Health says DeKalb County (not schools) had 109 active cases as of Friday, August 28. A total of 443 confirmed or probable cases have shown up in DeKalb County since March and while there have been five deaths 329 have recovered.