An elementary school principal in Manatee County has been placed on administrative leave for violating the school district's COVID-19 policy.
The Herald Tribune reports, Kinnan Elementary School principal Paul Hockenbury continued coming to work two weeks ago after possibly being exposed to the virus, while he was awaiting results of a test that turned out to be positive.
The school district's policy calls for staff who may have been exposed to COVID-19 to isolate for two weeks, and for anyone with a positive test result to isolate for at least 10 days from the onset of symptoms.
Hockenbury got his positive test result August 16th, four days after getting tested. That was before the school had opened to students.
Hockenbury says he's not experiencing symptoms.