COVID-19 case on soccer team leads to quarantine for students at 2 Ocean Co. schools
Dozens of students from two
Ocean County high schools are now learning from home while under quarantine
resulting from a positive case on one of the varsity soccer teams.
The match occurred a week ago
today between the soccer teams in Point Pleasant Borough and Lakewood.
A letter went home Tuesday to
parents of borough students, with the superintendent saying, "The Point
Pleasant Borough boys’ varsity high school soccer team competed against
Lakewood on Wednesday, Oct. 14 following a positive test by one of the Lakewood
players. They will now quarantine for 14 days.”
The news comes
as Lakewood Public Schools continue to see more positive cases since reopening
schools. At least 30 staff and students have tested positive, and most
recently, two classrooms this week are now in quarantine
after positive tests were identified.
Both school districts are
using state health guidelines to determine quarantine practices with the
assistance of the Ocean County Health Department. According to experts, despite
an uptick in positive cases in younger people, most only show slight
symptoms.