SEALY ISD TO CLOSE SCHOOLS THURSDAY & FRIDAY DUE TO INCREASING COVID NUMBERS

  

The Sealy School District has announced they are closing schools on Thursday and Friday, due to rising COVID numbers.

Superintendent Dr. Bryan Hallmark says they plan for classes to resume on Tuesday, September 7, allowing students and staff to be apart from one another for 5 consecutive days.

Dr. Hallmark says school officials have been monitoring COVID cases throughout the weekend and have had more cases reported over the weekend and Monday. The current total case number stands at 42.

In a letter to parents, Hallmark says his biggest concern right now is having cases that are potentially connected, and the district has to “slow this thing down so it becomes somewhat manageable.”

Hallmark adds, “This will slow the spread and give us time to identify additional cases and quarantine those individuals. Unlike past variants, the virus is detectable with Delta in four days. By Sunday-Monday staff and families will likely know if they have COVID issues and need to quarantine.”

Moving forward, students and staff in the Sealy ISD with COVID cases in their homes will have to quarantine for 10 days or may return earlier with a negative, lab-confirmed test performed on day six or later of their quarantine.

Over the long weekend, Hallmark asks anyone in the district to report cases directly to Mary Gajewski mgajewski@sealyisd.com or bhallmark@sealyisd.com.