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Syracuse High shuts down after COVID-19 testing pilot program sees 68% student participation

One frustrated senior says it “seems like we’re guinea pigs” in the Test to Stay strategy.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Syracuse High School students file out of school on Monday. The Davis School District tried to avoid its second two-week shutdown due to COVID cases by administering rapid antigen tests to students and teachers, December 7, 2020. The school needed at least 80% of students to agree to the tests to stay open, but only 68% participated.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Syracuse High School students file out of school on Monday. The Davis School District tried to avoid its second two-week shutdown due to COVID cases by administering rapid antigen tests to students and teachers, December 7, 2020. The school needed at least 80% of students to agree to the tests to stay open, but only 68% participated.

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