Coronavirus: 6th-graders at Baker Middle School in Fairborn to stay home

Baker Middle School, Fairborn

Baker Middle School, Fairborn

The large number of sixth-graders and staff at Baker Middle School required to quarantine following a positive COVID-19 case prompted the district to keep the entire grade level at home.

Remote learning starts Friday and continues through Oct. 9, Students are scheduled to return Oct. 12 to the school building off Lincoln Drive in Fairborn. Seventh- and eighth-graders are not affected and will continue to report to school for in-person instruction, Fairborn City Schools Superintendent Gene Lolli wrote in a letter sent Thursday to Baker families.

“Today, we were alerted of at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 in a student or staff person at Baker Middle School. We are working closely with Greene County Public Health and anyone identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department as part of the COVID19 investigation,” Lolli wrote.

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On Tuesday, all students at Fairborn Intermediate School were sent home for two weeks following a coronavirus case involving a student or staff member there.

In his letter Thursday, Lolli also urged Baker Middle School students and families to monitor their health and contact their doctor if they develop coronavirus symptoms, which include a fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headaches, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.

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