Clinton Public School District COVID-19 Update—January 6, 2021

The Clinton Public School District is reporting its first positive cases of COVID-19 for the spring semester. One district employee and one student at Sumner Hill Junior High School as well as one district employee at Clinton High School have tested positive for COVID-19. School administrators at Sumner Hill and CHS have contacted parents of students in the classes who have been affected. Prewitt Contracting Services will conduct a deep cleaning of Clinton High School’s campus with electrostatic machines prior to the start of school Thursday morning. These cases are CPSD’s first three cases since the start of the second semester on January 5, 2021. The Clinton Public School District closed out its fall semester of the 2020-2021 school year with a total COVID-19 positive count of 100 cases.

CPSD will report all positive cases to the Mississippi State Department of Health and the Mississippi Department of Education on a weekly basis as required. Neither MSDH nor MDE require schools to report this information to the general public. The district is committed to remaining transparent as we venture through the school year during the pandemic. The Clinton Public School District continues to follow health and safety guidelines provided by the Centers of Disease Control and MSDH. For more information, visit www.clintonpublicschools.com.