Yuba City School Closes Due To ‘Escalating’ Number Of COVID-19 Cases

YUBA CITY (CBS13) — An simple schoolhouse wrong the Yuba City Unified School District is temporarily closed for 5 days owed to an expanding fig of affirmative COVID-19 cases.

Butte Vista Elementary volition beryllium closed from January 14-18 owed to 44 affirmative COVID cases, according to a Sutter County spokesperson.

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The Yuba City Unified School District sent Butte Vista families a message on Wednesday nighttime to notify them of the closure that would commencement Friday.

In an email to CBS13 Thursday, YCUSD Superintendent Doreen Osumi explained that the determination to support schoolhouse open, and past statesman the closure, allowed families to marque arrangements.

Osumi wrote to CBS13:

“The District made the determination to temporarily adjacent Butte Vista connected Friday to let parents to marque immoderate indispensable arrangements earlier the closure.”

The determination to adjacent Butte Vista came 2 days aft Sutter County reported 260 COVID cases successful a azygous day.

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“My kids excessively person decidedly felt the interaction of having the schools closed,” said Anthony Alvarez, a begetter of 2 students astatine Butte Vista.

Alvarez kept his 3rd grader and Kindergartner location from schoolhouse Thursday aft helium was notified the schoolhouse would beryllium closed Friday, conscionable to beryllium safe.

“This is conscionable retired of the blue, shocking, uncovering retired successful the paper that morning, his parents are precise upset. For safety, we’ll bash what we person to do,” said Wendy Graham, a grandparent of a Butte Vista Kindergartner.

Osumi further explained the determination to adjacent the schoolhouse temporarily successful an email to CBS13:

“The District successful consultation with the Health Officer determined that the fig of affirmative cases astatine Butte Vista was escalating not stabilizing oregon improving.  Therefore, a impermanent closure was appropriate.  Additionally, we discussed the request for staff/student investigating anterior to resuming schoolhouse and perfect times for testing.”

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According to YCUSD, Information connected COVID investigating volition beryllium provided to families with students enrolled astatine Butte Vista earlier schoolhouse resumes January 19th.

Madisen Keavy