Dear Riley Community,
Yesterday, in the evening, we received notice that one of our employees has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee has been sent home
to quarantine or was already home. If your child was in a classroom with the COVID-19 positive employee, you will receive a letter from Focus to your documented email address on file.
Over the next 24 hours the Leon County Department of Health will contact anyone who potentially had close contact with this employee and advise
them of the next steps they must follow. A close contact is defined as someone who was within six feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes.
The Leon County Health Department is in the process of contact tracing and will directly notify families if their an individual has been potentially
exposed. These exposures, unfortunate as they are, highlight the importance of everyone doing their part to minimize the spread of this virus: stay home when sick or while waiting for Covid-19 test results, keep things clean and sanitized, utilize
proper hand washing, wear masks, and maintain social distancing.
We take our commitment to everyone’s safety seriously and are working closely with the Leon County Health Department to follow CDC guidelines and
best practices during this time. For more information about the student and family protocol please visit https://www.leonschools.net/Page/49637. Everyone’s
health and safety is our highest priority. If you have further questions please do not hesitate to reach out
to Ms. Knight, principal.
Thank you and take care.
April Knight
Principal
John G. Riley Elementary School
850-488-5840
