Local mother furious about COVID exposure at her children’s school
A family claiming they were not notified of a positive COVID case in their child's classroom - News 11's Arlette Yousif reports
YUMA, Ariz. ( KYMA, KECY) - A local family is claiming they were not notified of a positive covid case in their child's classroom at Gary Knox Elementary. A mother taking her children to school Monday, as usual, when the school nurse stopped them and told her that class is canceled due to a positive covid case.
"The notification wasn't there for the parents. You know, a lot of parents, they take their children to school, you know, feeling assured that their kids are gonna be safe. You know, other than their households and they're not," says local parent Cindy Godinez.
Godinez says she learned that the positive case was discovered on Friday but had no idea until three days later. However, she says she received a general notification Friday a few hours after dropping her kids off at school about a quarantine, but it had few details as she was unclear about the exposure.
"From my point of view, you know, I don’t find it fair. You know, that these kids are being exposed at something that should be considered as… they’re, they’re vulnerable," explains Godinez.
I have made contact with Crane Elementary School District.
While they were not available for an interview… a representative said they have a notification system in place for all schools.
Standard protocol is sending communication via a mass notification system called blackboard connect when it is determined that there has been contact with someone with a confirmed covid diagnosis. Crane Schools COVID case tracker shows that there were two positive cases last week, and so far one positive case this week.
Godinez says she’s keeping all three of her children at home, not just the one who was exposed.
"As a safe precaution, I’m not gonna chance it, you know. If other people want to go ahead and chance their kids, you know, that’s on them, but as for me, as my… no, I wouldn’t," says Godinez.
The kindergarten class that was sent home Friday is expected to return to in-person learning on September 7.
