Good morning Winfield Staff and Parents:
This morning Governor Parson and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced a change in guidance for determining close contacts and assessing exposures in school settings. We are reviewing the guidance and confirming the change in close contact tracing protocol with the Lincoln County Health Department. We will update staff and parents as soon as we have further direction. The guidance change will make it possible for school districts who implement a mask mandate to no longer require students or staff who have been identified as close contacts to quarantine as long as both the person found to be positive for COVID 19 and the close contact were wearing masks during the time of exposure.
Our District will continue to focus on the health and safety of students and staff and will follow up with additional information as soon as possible.
- Daniel Williams