After a positive COVID-19 case that forced the cancellation of last night’s volleyball match between Paris and Charleston, the Paris school district is conducting point of contact investigations into the possible exposure within the district. The Resident Press first reported this story in last night’s edition of RP sports.
Dr. Wayne Fawcett, superintendent of schools for the Paris school district, responded to RP’s inquiry of what impact the positive test will have on its volleyball and football games scheduled for the remainder of this week. You may recall that several districts around the River Valley and across Arkansas have had to make modifications or cancellations in football schedules due to COVID positive tests in their districts.
Dr. Fawcett told the Resident Press, “Our POC (point of contact tracer) has determined that no HS (high school) students will have to be quarantined and at this time all VB (volleyball) matches will continue. There has been no effect on FB (football) and both JR (junior high) and SR (senior high) games are still scheduled to be played. If new information were to come to light we will then determine any effect.”
The COVID crisis has forced all schools and athletic departments to look at schedules on almost a day-by-day basis as the entire effect of the pandemic on both schools and athletics has created a fluid situation and problem for all school districts. Schools are doing their best to balance the health of their students and the general public with trying to maintain as much normality as possible.
Resident Press will continue to update our readers as more information is made available.
