LCPS quarantines entire Mayfield High School class after student tests positive for Covid-19

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Approximately 45 students at Mayfield High School must quarantine for ten days after a student tested positive this week for Covid-19, a Las Cruces Public Schools official confirmed Friday.

LCPS spokeswoman Kelly Jameson said the student tested positive earlier in the week, and as a result the entire class must quarantine.

"This is how re-entry was designed," she wrote by text message to ABC-7. "To not disrupt school as a whole, but isolate cohorts to monitor symptoms."

She said the quarantine was a "precautionary" measure as directed by the New Mexico Department of Health.

Jameson said all 45 students must attend class remotely for the 10-day period. They also cannot attend extracurricular activities or sports.

Word of the quarantine came as New Mexico public education leaders visited LCPS and praised its transition to in-person learning.