A Washington state high school is having some of its student-athletes and coaches wear tracking monitors to trace potential exposure to Covid-19.
A Washington state high school is having some of its student-athletes and coaches wear tracking monitors to trace potential exposure to the coronavirus.
"By using the proximity monitors we can immediately determine who might have been exposed to Covid-19," the school said Tuesday on its."Athletes and coaches not in contact with the player who tested positive can continue to participate in the sport." The school said parents were notified about the devices and were invited to a meeting to get more information. Parents had to sign consent forms to allow their children to wear them, the school said."They're putting tracking devices on my kid," Jason Ostendorf, a parent, toldOstendorf has two children in the school's athletic program; his son is a football player, and his daughter plays volleyball.
The school district did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Superintendent Gary Neal said in aTuesday that the devices will prevent officials from having to remove students from class and sports unnecessarily.
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