Norvelt Elementary students will return on Thursday and Franklin Regional Senior High will remain open after district officials were notified that a student in each building had tested positive for coronavirus.
Mt. Pleasant Area School District officials were notified Nov. 9 that a Norvelt student had tested positive. The school was closed and students learning remotely will return tomorrow.
The student was last in the building on Nov. 3.
Franklin Regional officials notified parents Nov. 9 that a high-school student had tested positive. Superintendent Gennaro Piraino said the high school will remain open, and those deemed “close contacts” have been identified and asked to quarantine, school officials said.
“We are confident in the steps that have been taken to safeguard all of our students and staff,” Piraino wrote.
