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North Hills Elementary School Student Tests Positive For COVID-19

The student developed coronavirus symptoms last week, the district said.

(NHSD)

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA — A student at Ross Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19, the North Hills School District announced Thursday

The student has not been in school since Oct. 6 and did not develop symptoms until days later. As such, no one from Ross Elementary was in close contact with the student and there is no additional district impact. While no further action is necessary, we are sharing this information with families for transparency as we stated we would in our health and safety plan.

The COVID-19 tracker lists all distrcit coronavirus cases to date since the start of the 2020-21 school year.

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Positive cases are no longer active after a 10-day isolation period per guidance from the Center for Disease Control.

Including the case announced Thurday, the district has had six COVID-19 cases during the school year.

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