School district announces better week involving COVID-19 cases

Published 10:14 am Tuesday, October 13, 2020

By Tim Reeves

On Oct. 5, the Vicksburg Warren School District announced three confirmed COVID-19 cases involving students and staff and more than 50 quarantined due to possible exposure. Monday’s COVID-19 report by the district was far better.

In its report filed with the Mississippi State Department of Health, the district announced one new case involving a staff member at Redwood Elementary School and one new case involving a staff member at Warren Central Junior High School.

There were no additional cases involving students, nor were there any reports of additional students or staff asked to quarantine.

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Monday’s report is for the school week ending Oct. 9.

About Tim Reeves

Tim Reeves, and his wife Stephanie, are the parents of three children, Sarah Cameron, Clayton and Fin, who all attend school in the Vicksburg Warren School District. The family are members of First Baptist Church Vicksburg. Tim is involved in a number of civic and volunteer organizations including the United Way of West Central Mississippi and serves on the City of Vicksburg's Riverfront Redevelopment Committee.

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