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Running With Ed is on.
After the Park City Education Foundation canceled its annual relay-race fundraiser last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the nonprofit is bringing it back this spring with some new guidelines.
Jennifer Billow, the nonprofit’s associate director of communications and development, said the changes are aimed at ensuring the safety of participants. The event is scheduled on May 22.
“Typically there is this giant start and finish at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse with 1,500 runners and volunteers, but we knew we couldn’t do that with the current situation,” Billow said. “So, we will set up staggered starts at each of the Park City District schools. We felt that was appropriate, because Running with Ed is about raising money for our schools, teachers and students.”
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The parents of two Park City students are suing the Park City School District and Summit County health officials, among others, alleging that the frequent COVID-19 testing program the district has used in an attempt to prevent outbreaks is a violation of their constitutional rights.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court on behalf of Holly and Mark McClure, whose children attend Park City High School and Treasure Mountain Junior High School.
, which has also been employed in other school districts in Utah, students must take rapid antigen tests every two weeks in order to attend class in person.
Parents sue Park City School District over COVID-19 tests required to go to school in person
The schools required testing every 14 days, the suit says â a standard usually used for sports and extracurriculars.
Parents who donât want their children to have to undergo rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 in order to learn in person are suing the Park City School District over its âTest to Stayâ policy, which was requiring testing every two weeks to stay in class.
By: The Salt Lake Tribune
Posted at 6:05 AM, Mar 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-12 08:41:58-05
PARK CITY, Utah â Parents who donât want their children to have to undergo rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 in order to learn in person are suing the Park City School District over its âTest to Stayâ policy, which was requiring testing every two weeks to stay in class, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Inside Park City High School, officials tested 900 students on Monday, while in the parking lot outside, TestUtah staffers ran a free community testing clinic. The “Test to Stay” program aims to keep schools open even as the district weathers the largest outbreak yet.
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Park City’s secondary students returned to school on Monday after nearly two weeks of remote learning, but as per usual during the pandemic, it was far from a typical school day.
Throughout the morning, the district summoned 900 students from Treasure Mountain Junior High School and Park City High School to the high school gym for rapid COVID-19 antigen tests on the first day of what officials call the “Test to Stay” program.
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Park City High School and Treasure Mountain Junior High School were slated to move to remote learning starting Wednesday after COVID-19 case numbers spiked following students’ return from winter break. shows that the high school had 16 active cases of COVID-19 while Treasure Mountain had six. State and federal guidelines recommend shutting a school that has 15 or more active cases.
Superintendent Jill Gildea indicated in a message announcing the move that in-person learning would resume at both schools no later than Monday, Jan. 25. The schools have a combined population of more than 2,000 students.
Gildea said that once in-person learning returns, the district will test every student and staff member at those schools at least once every two weeks, a program known as “test to stay.”