Two employees with Dade County (Georgia) Schools have tested positive for COVID-19.
Superintendent Jan Harris sent a notice out Wednesday and confirmed the cases with local radio station KWN on Thursday morning.
Harris said the district is following public health guidelines and all precautions are being taken.
School starts in Dade County on Aug. 13, a date that was pushed back by a week to provide educators more time to prepare for in-school instruction and a virtual program.
However, the district went ahead and held open houses on Wednesday and is hosting another one on Thursday.
Details about when the employees tested positive and who they might have come in contact with were not available as of Thursday afternoon.
The district is offering two types of instruction when school starts: a traditional, five-day-a-week, in-person school and an all-online school. Harris said at a recent board meeting that about 16% of students will be attending school from their homes and the rest will be attending traditional school five days a week.
Dade County Schools is one of the largest employers in the county with abut 300 employees.
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