2 Council Rock North Students Test Positive For COVID-19

NEWTOWN, PA — Two Council Rock North students have tested positive for COVID-19, the school district said.

In a letter to parents of Council Rock North students, Principal Susan McCarthy said the two students reported testing positive for the virus on Monday.

The health department will notify family members of students who were considered to have close contact with the students.

"The district is working closely with the Bucks County Department of Health to identify close contacts of these individuals," McCarthy wrote to parents.

Both students who tested positive are part of the hybrid program and were in school last week, a school district official confirmed Wednesday.

Students in the Council Rock School District must choose between virtual learning or the hybrid model, which is a mix of in-person classes and online instruction. About 26 percent of students have opted for virtual-only learning while 74 percent are enrolled in the hybrid model, Superintendent Robert Fraser said at a school board meeting last week in which a small majority of board members expressed support for five-day in-person learning.

The school board is scheduled to vote on whether to allow five-day in-person classes at its Oct. 22 meeting.