Records obtained Friday from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services through an open records request show SphereDX was paid $2.9 million from the federal grants as of Nov. 19.
About five or six students in Kentucky’s largest school district received notifications recently that they had tested negative for COVID-19 even though they had not been screened.
For two school nurses interviewed by WDRB News on Thursday, the added pandemic-related responsibilities combined with their regular job duties like administering medicines and treating students with various ailments have them regularly working estimated 80-hour work weeks.
Dr. Marty Pollio said Wednesday that it has already kept 83 students in the classroom who would have been quarantined otherwise.
The new program, which took effect Monday, gives JCPS students the option to skip a mandatory quarantine after coming in close contact with someone infected with COVID-19.
Superintendent Marty Pollio told members of the Jefferson County Board of Education last week that the district would bring a test-to-stay program for their consideration at a future board meeting, though he also stressed the importance of vaccinations in curbing quarantines.