DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — Sixth-grade students and teachers at Sand Creek Elementary School in Highlands Ranch are now in quarantine after someone in a sixth-grade pod tested positive for COVID-19, the Douglas County School District said Sunday.
The district has not identified the person diagnosed as a student or staff. but said they are in isolation until they are no longer infectious. As a result, sixth-grade students and sixth-grade classroom teachers were identified as close contacts with the person and will be in quarantine for 14 days, returning to school on or after Sept. 8, the district said.
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"We are working with the Tri-County Health Department and will continue to partner with them as we monitor this situation," The district said. "While our sixth-graders are quarantined, our sixth-grade classes will transition to virtual learning. All other grades can attend school as scheduled. In alignment with Tri-County Health Department guidelines, siblings of sixth-graders can still go to school unless their sibling gets sick or tests positive for COVID-19."
The district said the entire school is being disinfected by its operations team before classes resume on Monday.
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