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Coral Park Elementary To Reopen After Students, Employee Test Positive For COVID-19

An employee and three students at Coral Park Elementary in Westchester have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the school to shut down and switch to online learning Wednesday.
FRANK MARCHANTE FOR THE MIAMI HERALD
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The Miami Herald
An employee and three students at Coral Park Elementary in Westchester have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the school to shut down and switch to online learning Wednesday.

The Miami-Dade County elementary school will reopen its campus after reporting that two students and an employee had tested positive for COVID-19,

An employee and three students at Coral Park Elementary in Westchester tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the school to shut down and switch to online learning Wednesday, school officials said.

The school will reopen Thursday, school officials said Wednesday evening, both in a statement to the Herald and on Instagram.

On Monday morning, Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ COVID-19 Dashboard listed two confirmed student cases at Coral Park, 1225 SW 97th Ave. By Wednesday afternoon, the dashboard listed a school employee, in addition to the two students. NBC6 reported the employee is a teacher, but the district would not comment.

Read more from our news partner at The Miami Herald.

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