BCSC moves to five-day quarantine for COVID-19 positive cases, close contacts

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Jana Wiersema
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Students line up to check their temperatures before heading to class on the first day of school after spring break at Columbus North High School in Columbus, Ind., Monday, March 22, 2021. Following new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, BCSC and Flat Rock-Hawcreek school corporations have fully reopened their schools for in-person classes. Parents are still allow to keep their children in virtual learning if they choose to until the end of the school year. Mike Wolanin | The Republic Mike Wolanin | The Republic

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Staff and students in the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. will see new quarantine guidelines as another semester begins today.

On Wednesday, BCSC announced that individuals quarantining as a positive case or close contact only need to quarantine for five days, instead of the previous 10. According to school officials, the change is being made to align with guidelines from the Indiana Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“These modifications are being enacted after consultation with internal stakeholder groups and local medical professionals,” said officials. The changes went into effect on Wednesday, school officials said.

For more on this story, see Thursday’s Republic.

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