Olympia School District to close all schools starting Monday
Olympia School District will close all schools beginning Monday and until further notice, according to a Facebook post from the district Thursday night. Pioneer Elementary School will also close Friday, because someone connected to the school tested presumptive positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Patrick Murphy wrote in a message to parents.
The district was already limiting large gatherings and travel in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by a novel coronavirus, following an announcement Wednesday.
Earlier Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee announced mandatory six-week closures for King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties; Thurston County commissioners voted unanimously to declare COVID-19 a local emergency; and Thurston County Board of Health passed a resolution banning gatherings of 250 people or more.
Murphy did not give details on the person who had connections to the Olympia elementary school and tested presumptive positive in his message to parents, and The Olympian could not reach school district representatives Thursday night for comment.
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