Last week, as students and teachers at Collierville High School returned to remote learning due to rising COVID numbers throughout the school, the district released a notification that Tennessee schools are “allowed to adopt their own quarantine guidelines.”
As of Jan. 14, 35 Collierville Schools employees were actively positive for COVID and 161 students within the district were positive. Collierville High School had 53 active cases as of last Friday. West Collierville Middle School had the second most with 24 active cases.
Some of the district’s guidelines include:
Potentially exposed students are no longer required to remote learn
Masks are strongly encouraged for all students; however, they are not required
Masks are required for all Collierville Schools faculty and staff and for any adult visitor
Students who are isolating due to a COVID-positive result or who have been identified as close contacts to a COVID-positive person may distance learn for the duration of their isolation period
This district is also now offering voluntary free COVID testing for all Collierville employees and students, with parental consent. The testing is conducted in your vehicle. The operating hours are Monday—Friday, except during school holidays or closings, from 8:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m.
The tests are being conducted at the Collierville High School Transition Entrance, which is the second entrance past the Fieldhouse.
Call 901.853.3310, No. 80063. Do not enter the school building. The COVID nurse will arrive at your car with a consent form and conduct a nasal swab.
The test is a PCR test, which will be sent to the Memphis Branch of American Esoteric Laboratories. Test results will be emailed to patients within 24 to 48 hours, dependent on the amount of tests the lab is processing.
