HUMAN
HUMAN SERVICES DISPUTES THAT THEY MAY HAVE SPREAD THE VIRUS. MANY STUDENTS ARE OUT OF
SCHOOL.
ONE PERSON HAS BEEN PLACED
UNDER QUARANTINE THE DISTRICT
IS FACING PUSHBACK.
THE PARENTS CONFRONTED THE
COUNTY LEADERS.>> Reporter: THE
BIG QUESTION FOR THE ELK GROVE
DISTRICT WAS THIS NECESSARY
CANCELING THE CLASSES FOR A
WEAK?
WE KNOW THAT THIS CLOSURE IS
NOW THE MOST WIDESPREAD IMPACT
THAT WE HAVE SEEN THUS FOR --
FAR IT CAUGHT THE LOOK LEADERS
OFF GUARD.
>> THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD TO
MAKE A VERY HARD DECISION, IT
IS HARD FOR US TO SECOND GUESS
THEM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT SURE WITH THE CERTAIN
PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND THEY
WOULD LIKE TO AIR ON ONE PART
OF THAT EQUATION.
WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY OF
KEEPING THE KIDS SAFE.
>> Reporter: THEY GATHERED FOR
AN AWKWARD NEWS CONFERENCE AND
SECOND-GUESSING THE DECISION AND
TRYING NOT TO SOUND AS THOUGH
THEY WERE SECOND-GUESSING THE
ELK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE BASKETBALL TEAM THOUGHT
THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE THEIR
ABILITY TO PLAY IN THE PLAYOFF
TEAM BUT THE LOCAL LEADERS WERE
CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE
DISTRICTS DECISION.
ESSENTIALLY WITH THE LOOKING TO
DO HERE IS TO TAKE ITS SPRING
BREAK EARLY RATHER THAN HAVE
DAYS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO
MAKE UP LATER, THAT IS WHAT
THEY ARE PROPOSING.
BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 64,000
KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL THIS WAS
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEKEND SO
FAMILIES ARE SCRAMBLING TO MAKE
PLANS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD AND
DOWN THE STREET AT THE GROCERY
STORE WE GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THANK GOODNESS MY HUSBAND IS
RETIRED.
AND MY HUSBAND IS HOME.
IF THAT WASN'T THE CASE THEN I
WOULD HAVE TWO BE HOME.
>> OTHER FOLKS ARE MORE FRANTIC
THAN YOU?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I VOLUNTEERED I HUSBAND TO TAKE
SOME KIDS.
>> Reporter: SOME FATHERS AND
PARENTS ARE BEING FELL AND TOLD
WHAT TO DO.
>> LOOK FOR THE ADVICE COMING
FROM THE NATIONAL HEALTH
LEADERS BEFORE THEY MAKE ACTUAL
PLANS TO CANCEL WHAT THEY HAD
PLANNED.
>> WE DECIDED TO LOOK INTO THE
LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEE
WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.
>> AS OF TODAY THERE ARE NO
KNOWN INCIDENTS OF A STAFF
PERSON OR STUDENT THAT HAS
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
AND UNIFIED HAS NOT BEEN
ADVISED OF BEING CLOSE.
>> THAT WENT OUT TO THE PARENTS
TONIGHT AND SCHOOLS ARE ON FOR
TOMORROW AND NO ONE WAS ADVISE
TO CLOSE.
ROCKLIN UNIFIED SAID THAT THERE
IS NO THREAT TO STUDENTS OR
STAFF AND MANY DISTRICTS IN THE
SACRAMENTO AREA ARE MONITORING
CHANGES AND ARE RELYING ON THE
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS ON
DECISIONS ON WHAT TO DO NEXT.
THIS STATEMENT WAS SENT
APPEARANCE, AT THIS TIME, THE
CELANO PUBLIC HEALTH IS NOT
RECOMMENDING SCHOOL CLOSURES.
THERE IS NO ELEVATED RISK TO
STUDENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE
THERE IS LIMITED SPREAD OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
HE SAID IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE
VIRUS WILL SPREAD THE SCHOOLS.
>> IT DOESN'T SEEM TO AFFECT
CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE WHICH
MEANS THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE
NOT LIKELY TO BE AT A HIGHER
RISK.
>> SACRAMENTO PARIS TO BE A SAW
THIS