The CDC changing quarantine guidance has created a lot of frustration from the perspective of local school leaders.

As central Illinois county health departments decide how to go about implemented the new guidance from the CDC reducing quarantine time, applying the new guidance varies from department-to-department and that has left Superintendent Dr. Sheila Greenwood at Bement Schools very frustrated.

Last month, it was announced Kirby Medical Center was providing rapid tests for students and teachers of all Piatt County school districts and Dr. Greenwwod is thankful to them for being willing to help in the efforts of quarantine through their testing. 

COVID is dominating the time, energy, and efforts of school leaders this year and Dr. Greenwood says it is keeping them from doing things that are instrumental in making sure they have a well-run school district.

Dr. Greenwood is very thankful her district is one of the few in central Illinois that has not had to spend a single day in remote learning to this point and they have only had a small handful of positive COVID cases in their population.