St. Joseph County, Ind. – Today, a staff member at Grissom Middle school, PHM district, tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

The staff member began having symptoms on October 7 and has been away from school since then.

Grissom Middle School conducted contact tracing and determined that, since this is an isolated case, it is not necessary to shut down the school.  

The school is asking parents to continue to monitor children’s health every day, and to not send children to school if they have any symptoms or if they have had any close contact with a known positive case.