Students in St Helena Parish were able to return to school yesterday after the district delayed ending its break for the holidays due to Omicron.
School administrators announced last week that they were reverting to virtual learning because of the shortage of COVID tests.
The delay in returning to in-person learning was to give parents time to register for testing through Omega Diagnostics or to acquire their own COVID test through their private medical doctor.
Any students who did not provide a negative covid test prior to their return were tested at school. Parents signed a release at the beginning of the school year allowing students to be tested periodically.
