In-person learning resumes for FCPS students in grades 3 through 5
and last updated 2021-03-04 07:50:11-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â After nearly a year of remote learning, third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students had the opportunity to return to in-person learning in the Fayette County Public Schools district Wednesday morning.
According to FCPS, 7,000 kindergarten through second-grade students went back to school in-person on Feb. 22. As of Wednesday morning, two staff members and eight students tested positive for COVID-19. The district says possible exposure led to 10 staff members, one of which was a transportation worker, and 128 students went into quarantine.
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In total, eight FCPS classrooms have been quarantined. One of those classrooms was at Liberty Elementary School in Hamburg.