MORTON, Ill. – More students at Morton District 709 are being quarantined after another positive case of COVID-19.
District officials say a teacher at Ward Grundy Elementary School tested positive for the virus, prompting 15 kindergarten students to be quarantined.
This comes after an announcement on Sunday that two teachers and two students at Lettie Brown Elementary School tested positive, requiring fifth and sixth graders to be quarantined.
Morton School District announces multiple COVID-related quarantines
The quarantines will last two weeks and students will continue remote learning.
There has also been an uptick of students at Morton High School that are self-isolating.
Superintendent Jeffery Hill is asking parents to monitor their children for symptoms of the virus.
