ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Olympia High School is set to resume face-to-face learning Monday.
Six confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the school forced the district to shut it down earlier this month.
It was the first school OCPS officials temporarily closed this semester.
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District officials transitioned all Olympia High School students to LaunchEd@home until Sept. 21.
Everyone will pivot to LaunchEd@Home 9/8-9/18 as we did school wide at the beginning of the year. Face-to-face students return to campus on Mon, 9/21. During this there will be no athletic events, extracurricular or co-curricular activities. All activities will resume 9/21. 2/4 pic.twitter.com/dQy0pJJkzP
— OlympiaHighSchool (@Olympia_OCPS) September 6, 2020
Contact tracers determined some of those who tested positive attended a birthday party together.
156 people – including students and staff -- were issued a quarantine letter by the Department of Health in Orange County.
Dr. Pino with @DohOrange says @Olympia_OCPS was closed “out of an abundance of caution” after contact tracers learned of a super spreader event. There was a birthday party where 13 students were present. @WFTV #BackToSchool #BackToSchool2020 pic.twitter.com/k1da0CESip
— Cierra Putman WFTV (@CPutman_WFTV) September 8, 2020
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Orange County health officials said Olympia High School closed “out of an abundance of caution” and said 13 students attended the birthday party.
Eyewitness News learned 19 teachers were among those asked to quarantine, which played a role in the district’s decision to close the school.
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