COVID-19 spread a concern as Union Grove students return to school following unauthorized homecoming

COVID-19 spread a concern as Union Grove students return to school following unauthorized homecoming dance


UNION GROVE — As students return to Union Grove High School after a week of at-home learning, officials are holding their breath in hopes that an off-site homecoming dance did not and does not become a COVID-19 superspreader event.

School district administrators sent students home Nov. 27 to clear out the high school for a week, a move to prevent the coronavirus from spreading immediately after Thanksgiving holiday family gatherings. Students are scheduled to return Monday, with officials hopeful that their weeklong closure of the school helped to control the contagious upper respiratory virus.

But uncertainty surrounds the impact of a Nov. 27 indoor dance that was organized at a private banquet hall for Union Grove students to celebrate their homecoming with music, food and dancing.

Chief among the unanswered questions: How many students attended the non-school-sanctioned event?

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