âSymptomaticâ South Carolina elementary student who visited school nurse was held in storage closet
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - An elementary school student who attends Myrtle Beach Elementary School in South Carolina visited the school nurse for COVID-19-like symptoms and was placed in a storage closet to isolate themselves from other students, district officials say.
District officials say the storage closet was used because of a lack of spacing.
In a statement to FOX TV Stations, officials said that some areas within school health rooms have been repurposed as isolation areas for symptomatic students.
The principal responded by explaining the closet was being used as an isolation area for symptomatic students, the Post and Courier reported.
“Unfortunately, we do not have another location where the nurse can keep an eye on a student as well as assist other students who come to the nurse’s office,” Ms. Hamilton reportedly wrote.
The Horry County Schools District Office cited a section in its “Re-Opening Plan” that requires students with COVID-19 symptoms to be placed in an isolated area until their parent or guardian can arrive to pick them up.
“Due to space limitations, some storage areas/locations in the nurse’s office have been temporarily repurposed into an isolation area,” an HCS spokesperson said, a Fox News affiliate reported. “This isolation area is where symptomatic students are temporarily placed while they wait for their parents to arrive. Most of these areas also have air purifiers, to include Myrtle Beach Elementary School.”
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