Quarantines back in place at SHCS for unvaccinated staff and students…

Graylin Porter - Reporter

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South Harrison Community School Corporation has amended their originally approved covid guidelines for the 2021-2022 school year.

The full meeting recording is up now on the site, skip to the 5:50 mark to hear the full discussion on the updated covid guidelines:

The major amendment to guidelines is that quarantines for unvaccinated staff and students will be required after close contact and/or exposure. Unvaccinated educators and staff are no longer considered essential and there are no extensions of federal days off. Skip to the 12:00 mark in our audio recording of today's meeting to hear Carolyn Wallace explain this.

As of right now, masks remain optional, but superintendent Mark Eastridge said that "could change."

Board members Karen Lopp and Diana Sailor vocalized their concerns. Lopp says she is "angry at the government, cause they are darn determined that everyone is going to get that vaccination." Sailor expressed her concerns about the safety of the vaccine for children and that "it's not fair to the kids."

This meeting also included reports from elementary administrators.