Martin County School District urges parents to keep sick kids home

The Martin County School District is pleading to parents to keep their sick students home from school.

PARENTS TO KEEP THEIR SICKSTUDENTS HOME AND AWAY FROMCAMPUS.

DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAYSYMPTOMATIC STUDENTS AS WELLAS THOSE WHO LIVE WITH FAMILYMEMBERS AWAITING COVID 19 TESTRESULTS SHOULD NOT BE COMINGTO CLASS.

WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5DEREK LOWE HAS MORTHE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT SAYS THAT THECORONAVIRUS IS SPREADING MORERAPIDLY AMONG STUDENTS OFFCAMPUS AND AT SOCIALACTIVITIES THAN INSIDE THECLASSROOM.

AS PARENTS, WE NEEDTO DO OUR PART AND KEEP YOURKIDS FROM GOING IF THEY'RE NOTFEELING WELL.

JOSE GARCIA ISNURSE AND FATHER OF TWO.

IWISH EVERYBODY WOULD FOLLOWTHE GUIDELINES, BUT IT'S HARD.HE SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THATIT'S NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT TKEEP KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL.PARENTS HAVE TO WORK.

BUT THMORE LIVES ARE BEING AFFECTEDTHAN JUST THOSE IN HIS FAMILY.YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IF YOUSEND YOUR KID, THEN THEY'REGOING TO BE IN A CLASS WITHHOW MANY OTHERS AND THEY'REALL GOING TO HAVE TOQUARANTINE AFTER THAT SO...THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT IS URGING PARENTS TENFORCE CDC GUIDELINES.

WHATWE'RE SEEING, ESPECIALLY ONTHE WEEKENDS AND IN THEEVENINGS, IS THAT THE STUDENTSARE GETTING TOGETHER EITHERINDOORS OR HAVING SLEEPOVEOR GET TOGETHER PARTIES ANDTHEY'RE NOT ADHERING TO SOCIDISTANCING GUIDELINES.

AND IFTHEY'RE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OARE LIVING WITH SOMEONEAWAITING TEST RESULTS TOSIMPLY STAY HOME.

ONE OF OURMAIN MESSAGES IS FOR PARENTSTO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING ANDWEARING MASKS IS VERYIMPORTANT TO ELIMINATE THESPREAD AND SO OUTSIDEACTIVITIES OFF CAMPUS WE WANTTO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FOLLOWTHE RISK MITIGATION STRATEGITHAT WE HAVE DURING THE SCHOOLDAY.

SINCE THE FIRST DAY OFSCHOOL BACK ON AUGUST 11TH,THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS 607STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SENT HOMETO QUARANTINE.

THAT INCLUD69, JUST THIS WEEK.

REPORTINGIN MARTIN COUNTY, IM DERLOWE, WPTV - NEWSCHANNEL 5.TONIGHT, THE UNIVERSITY OFFLORIDA IS CONSIDERING