River Bend Times

Following a short stint of virtual learning after a number of students tested positive for the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Scott Community School District student body in Iowa returned to its classrooms.

The move to virtual learning was made after the positive tests, which also led to 200 students being quarantined, KWQC reported. The state requires at least 50% of the body to learn in-person, which the district exceeds as it is fully in-person. Because of that, it was able to move the classroom online although a second week under the format would have been denied by the state as Scott County does not exceed the 15% positivity rate.

KWQC reported the coronavirus is impacting Iowa as it has the seventh highest rate in the nation for new cases. On Sept. 20, the state had 68% of its counties rating at moderate or high levels of community transmission.

"If you’re sick stay home,” Superintendent Joe Stutting said, KWQC reported. “Don’t go to work. Don’t send your kids to school, doesn’t matter what activities are going on. If we want to control the spread, when you get sick and have symptoms, you have to stay home. And get tested if you have symptoms.”