Walhalla kindergarten class sent home

A kindergarten class at Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary has been sent home, according to the school district’s COVID-19 tracking page for positive cases.  Under the protocols, the kindergarten pupils have been given November 12 as their return date.  Five additional individuals within the public schools have tested positive.  They are an employee in the Walhalla bus area; one Ravenel Elementary employee; one Keowee Elementary student; one Fair-Oak Elementary employee; and one facilities worker who was not on any school campus.