FRANKLIN, TN (WSMV) - Williamson County Schools will be closed on Tuesday after a parent in the Brentwood area notified the district that they had tested positive for coronavirus and that they had visited a school prior to that diagnosis, according to the district’s Facebook page.
The school district said it was notified by the parent late Monday about the positive test.
“We are working with the Tennessee Department of Health who has notified us that they will begin investigating this report today including investigating any contact with WCS faculty, staff and students, if needed,” the school district said in the Facebook post.
Williamson County Schools had been closed on Friday and Monday for cleaning after the report last Thursday that a Williamson County man had been diagnosed with COVID-19. The man who tested positive had a child who attended Battle Ground Academy.
In Williamson County, the School Aged Child care program will open at inclement weather sites following inclement weather hours for those families who need that service. Twelve-month employees should follow the inclement weather protocol.
Battle Ground Academy is also closed on Tuesday.
The Williamson Herald reported that Head of School Will Kesler sent a statement to parents on Monday telling them a male member of the senior class is being tested after he started exhibiting symptoms on Sunday evening. BGA said the student had not been in school since Thursday, March 5.
“I am writing to let you know that out of an abundance of caution we will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, March 10,” Kesler’s note read. “A member of our senior class is being tested for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) this evening, and we may not know the results of his test before people are due back on campus in the morning. He was not in school today (Monday) and has not been in school since last Thursday. He began exhibiting symptoms on Sunday evening.”
People infected by the novel coronavirus tend to develop symptoms about five days after exposure, and almost always with two weeks, according to a study released Monday.
