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'237' Head: Not Convinced School Agents Tested After COVID Closings

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 11/17/20

The head of the union representing School Safety Agents questioned whether his members working in schools closed because of multiple coronavirus cases were tested before being transferred to another school building.

When two or more confirmed cases of COVID occur in separate classrooms at the same school, the school is closed and staff and students are required to quarantine, according to Department of Education procedures. But School Safety Agents, who work for the Police Department and are considered front-line workers, are instead assigned to other schools after a closing.

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