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Just days into the start of in-person classes, two New Orleans-area schools have already received notifications of positive coronavirus cases.
A section of seventh-grade students at St. Ann Catholic School in Metairie was asked to quarantine after an unidentified person tested positive for COVID-19, Archdiocese of New Orleans spokeswoman Sarah McDonald confirmed on Monday.
Meanwhile, officials at Norco Elementary School in Norco received word Sunday of a positive COVID-19 test within the school's community and sent word to parents and staffers, according to a message the school sent out the same day.
In the lead-up to the reopening of the school year, officials acknowledged that schools would more than likely encounter positive cases of COVID-19.
Students at St. Ann and in St. Charles Parish public schools returned to in-person classroom instruction on Thursday. St. Charles was the first public school district in metro New Orleans area to open its doors to students for the 2020-2021 school year.
Officials with the Jefferson Parish public school district on Monday announced the first day of school would be pushed from Wednesday to Aug. 26 to complete pandemic protocols, while Orleans and St. Tammany Parish schools won't reopen to students until after Labor Day.
St. Bernard Parish public schools are set to open Tuesday.
McDonald did not say whether the COVID-positive person at St. Ann was a student or a teacher. The case means that one of the school's four sections of seventh graders must quarantine for at least 10 days.
McDonald did not know the exact number of students who would have to stay home, but said it was no more than 24. The school received notification of the case over the weekend and contacted parents Sunday.
St. Charles Parish school officials also didn't say whether the positive case at Norco Elementary involved a staffer or a student.
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