Education

First Grade Class at Eulalie Rivera to Return to Virtual Learning Until Further Notice Due to Confirmed Covid Case of Classmate

ST. CROIX — The V.I. Dept. of Education said Monday night that a first-grade class currently engaged in in-person instruction at Eulalie R. Rivera K-8 School will temporarily return to virtual learning on March 16, and until further notice following the positive infection of a student. D.O.E. said the child's family informed the school of the diagnosis on March 15.   The Department of Health has scheduled the class, which comprises of 14 students, a teacher and a paraprofessional, for free Covid-19 testing on March 16 at the D.C. Canegata Ballpark in Christiansted, D.O.E. said.  The department stated that the remainder of the school was not affected and can safely continue in-person instruction, based on guidance provided to school and district leaders from the Department of Health.  Details of the matter, according to D.O.E. The first-grade student was last on the school’s campus on Tues., March 9; the student’s family informed the teacher of the child’s COVID-19 diagnosis on M...