188 students and staff quarantined in Escondido in the last 10 days

Schools in Escondido, in San Diego County, have placed 158 students and 30 staff on quarantine since Feb. 1, because of possible contact with positive cases on campus.

The quarantines show how even after schools reopen, students will continue to have to do distance learning when there is a possible exposure.

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, 37 employees and students tested positive for Covid-19 this month, and 18 of them were on campus while they were infectious.

District officials said there is no evidence of spread at the schools and that one way to stop spread is to require students and employees who share a classroom with a Covid-19 positive person to quarantine for 10 days. Students spend those days in distance learning.

The district has 8,700 students, from transitional kindergarten through eighth grade, studying on campus in a hybrid model.

In November and December, the district also sent hundreds of staff and students home to quarantine after possible exposure.