Fountain Hills High School to close for 2 weeks due to COVID-19

"All students must quarantine for the next 14 days," the district announced. All extra-curricular activities have also been canceled for the next two weeks.

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - Fountain Hills High School will be closed for the next 14 days due to a "COVID-related issue on campus," officials announced.

According to a Facebook post from the school district on Oct. 28, the decision to close the school is based on the number of students who have been in direct contact with the person who tested positive for the virus.

"All students must quarantine for the next 14 days," the district announced. All extra-curricular activities have also been canceled for the next two weeks.

The district says remote instruction for the high school will begin on Oct. 29.

"We have a couple of concerns with how our students contacted COVID based on contact with some other students outside of our district," said Fountain Hills Unified School District Superintendent Kelly Glass.

There will be precautions taken while students are away and once they come back.

Glass says during the next 14 days, they will be doing a thorough cleaning of the school, and when students come back for in-person learning, they will undergo routine health checks.

"Every single day when they come back to campus we will continue the health screening, we just ask that our parents continue to be vigilant about monitoring their students’ health," Glass said.

On Oct. 28, the state department of health services reported 1,044 new coronavirus cases and 14 additional deaths.

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