HOPE – Bobcat Clinic Director Gretchen Carlton, the Hope Public Schools COVID-19 Point of Contact with the Arkansas Department of Health, urged students, parents, guardians and school employees today to contact her immediately regarding COVID-19 developments.

Critical reporting of information should occur when:

--Someone in the household has tested positive for COVID-19.

--Someone in the household has been identified as a Close Contact to a positive case of COVID-19 requiring quarantine and/or recommended for COVID-19 testing.

--Students attending classes on-site or employees are tested for COVID-19.

--Students or staff who are symptomatic for COVID-19 are required to remain in quarantine pending results of COVID-19 testing.

“I would like to remind students, employees, parents, and guardians to notify me if any of these occur,” Carlton said.

Carlton said all notifications should come to her either at 870-331-1052, or by email at [email protected] online.