By Mandy Hrach
Source: Fox 13
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HUMBOLDT, Tenn. - Just days into the new school year, one Mid-South elementary school has already had to shut down due to an uptick in COVID cases.
Students at Stigall Primary School in Humboldt, Tenn., about 90 miles northeast of Memphis, started school on August 1. Parents told FOX13 that they got a letter on Monday night from the district telling them that students needed to stay home Tuesday as the district works to sanitize the building.
"Everyone's like, 'COVID is back, COVID is back,'" Jessica Williamson, a parent of a first grader at Stigall Primary, said. "I just feel like it didn't really go anywhere."
It's the second full week of school for Stigall Primary School students, but instead of math class and recess, Williamson's daughter and her classmates are at home.
"Those are little kids. They're the most prone to put things in their mouths, to touch each other, to just share germs," Willamson said.
Williamson got the letter Monday evening from Humboldt City Schools.
It says the school would close Tuesday due to an uptick in COVID cases among students and staff.
"Yesterday, after all the students left the school, there was a deep clean done, disinfecting every surface," Ginger Carver, the communications director for the school district, said. "This way, the school is dormant today with no one in it.
When students return, Carver said teachers and staff will follow protocols to keep the classrooms and common areas disinfected.
"When students move from class to class, teachers will be wiping down the desks, the desktops surfaces. They'll be using disinfectants. Basically, the protocols that we were doing back when COVID was full blown," she said.
Williamson had to find a babysitter for her daughter so she could go to work on Tuesday. She said it was a small price to pay to keep her child healthy.
"It is definitely an inconvenience, but a way less of an inconvenience than my daughter having COVID," she said.
District officials said the plan is to have students back in class on Wednesday. They're asking parents to keep an eye on their child and how they're feeling. If they start to develop any symptoms, officials say it's best to keep them at home.
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