Isolation vs. Quarantine
Isolation is when a person tests positive for the virus. They are required to isolate at home for a period of time to contain the spread of the virus.
Quarantine is when a person has been exposed to someone that has tested positive. They are quarantined at home for a period of time to ensure that they do not become positive and infect others.
Link to the Grayson County Health Department website for additional information.
Updates Current Week
October 28 (Update): Yesterday, Oct. 27, GCHS confirmed one positive staff case from a non-school exposure. At that time 20 students and 2 staff members were required to quarantine. The staff member last reported to work on Friday, Oct. 23
Today, upon further contact tracing, the Grayson County Health Department has advised that due to potential contact through extracurricular involvement, an additional 28 students and three staff members will be required to quarantine. Someone who has been within six feet of a confirmed or probable positive for 15 minutes or more is considered a contact.
October 27: GCHS has confirmed one positive case of COVID-19, from a non-school exposure. The staff member last reported to work on Friday, Oct. 23, a “B” day. Through contact tracing, the Grayson County Health Department, in coordination with school health professionals and staff, has identified and notified those school contacts who are recommended to quarantine. As the strictest possible precaution, this includes 24 students** and two staff members. An individual who has been within six feet of a confirmed or probable positive for a total of 15 minutes or more is considered a contact.
** Updated 10/28 Actual student quarantine number was 20. The additional four stated had been reported the previous week.
Updates Previous Weeks
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19
October 20: GCHS has confirmed one positive student case of COVID-19. The last day of attendance was prior to Fall Break, and there are no school contacts that will need to quarantine. **
** Updated10/22: The last day of attendance was previously stated as October 8.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12
October 15: GCHS has confirmed three* positive student cases of COVID-19. The last day of attendance was Monday, Oct. 12, an “A” schedule day, and they were not on campus the full day. Through contact tracing, the Grayson County Health Department has notified those identified as school contacts that will need to quarantine. An individual who has been within six feet of a confirmed positive for at least 15 minutes is considered a contact.
(*This number reflects one positive from 10/14 after numbers were posted, as well as two confirmed today.)
October 14: Wilkey Elementary has confirmed one positive case of COVID-19, from a non-school exposure. The staff member last reported to work on October 13. Through contact tracing, the Grayson County Health Department, in coordination with school health professionals and staff, has identified and notified those school contacts who will need to quarantine. As the strictest possible precaution, the Health Department has recommended that all students in one classroom and two staff members quarantine at this time. An individual who has been within six feet for at least 15 minutes is considered a contact.
October 13: Grayson County High School has confirmed one positive case of COVID-19. School health professionals and staff have worked with the Grayson County Health Department to determine there are three school contacts, all students, that will need to quarantine at this time. The student that is confirmed positive last attended school briefly on October 12, and will not return until the Health Department has determined they meet all guidelines to return.
October 12: Two positive student cases of COVID-19 were confirmed from the period during fall break, one from Lawler Elementary and one from Wilkey Elementary.