Colman-Egan Area Schools
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Colman-Egan volleyball spectators will be required to wear masks in order to watch the last games of the season.
The Colman-Egan School Board modified its rules for mitigating coronavirus at its meeting Thursday night. The precautions in place, including having grades 4-12 wearing masks in school and using plexiglass partitions, have been working well, said Principal Scott Hemmer. The district has not required masks at sporting events.
“All of a sudden, we kind of got slugged this week,” he said.
The district has had a handful of middle and high school students test positive for COVID-19 since school started, but in the last two weeks, four teachers tested positive. Finding substitutes who can handle all aspects of the classroom, including remote learning, has been difficult and has meant the school was a few people short, he said.
The school is part of the state Sentinel program in which a few teachers are tested every week for COVID-19.