SMSD parent tests positive for COVID-19, district says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The parent of a student at Lenexa Hills Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter sent to parents.

In the letter, Superintendent Mike Fulton said the district is working with the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment.

“I am severely limited in terms of what I can say, in order to protect the privacy rights of the individuals involved,” Fulton said in the letter. “What I can tell you is that anyone in the Lenexa Hills community who has had extended direct contact with anyone in that family has been informed, per JCDHE guidelines. We have been informed that the risk of COVID-19 exposure to anyone at Lenexa Hills is very low.”

Shawnee Mission School District currently is on spring break and all buildings are closed. Buildings, according to the letter, will be “deep cleaned and disinfected before students and staff return.”

“Please be assured that our focus is on student, staff and community safety,” Fulton said in the letter. “This situation continues to be very fluid and, as things change, we will communicate as quickly as reasonably possible.”