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Maur Hill-Mount Academy moves to Remote Learning Due to Covid

By Neil Wieland

10/07/2020

(KAIR)--Covid-19 has impacted yet another school in the region.

Maur Hill- Mount Academy in Atchison has shifted to a remote learning model for at least the next two weeks, with all athletics and activities cancelled for the same time period.

Maur Hill Mount Academy President Phil Baniewicz said the school, in consultation with the Atchison County Health Department, made the decision on Tuesday, when they had one confirmed positive case.

Although at the time there was just one positive, Baniewicz said a large number students would have required quarantine after contact tracing was done.

At the same time, several other tests were pending, as three other students were showing symptoms of the disease.

Those test results came back positive on Wednesday, moving the number of positive cases at the school to four.

Baniewicz said the school was informed on Wednesday that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment had considered their school an outbreak. As such, athletics and activities are also cancelled for the next two weeks at Maur-Hill Mount Academy.

Baniewicz says the school administration will evaluate the situation regularly, and that they hope to be back in school and participating in all activities beginning on October 21st.

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