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Guilford County School Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19

A health care worker prepares a specimen collection kit for testing. (MIC SMITH/AP)

Guilford County Schools has confirmed that a nutrition worker tested positive for COVID-19 this week.

The worker was present at a small training session on Monday, according to Chief of Staff Nora Carr.  After the employee tested positive for coronavirus, several co-workers were sent home, and have since been contacted by the county health department. Those employees will need clearance from the department or a health care provider before they can return to work.

Carr wouldn't identify which school was affected, saying that information will become public if there is a wider spread.

The News & Record reports this happened just before many staff members were expected to return to conduct remote learning. Some education officials and school board members have questioned the requirement to have teachers return to school buildings. 

Remote learning in the school district is expected to last until at least October 20th.

For the most up-to-date information on coronavirus in North Carolina, visit our Live Updates blog here. WFDD wants to hear your stories — connect with us and let us know what you're experiencing.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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