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'I don't want to be really sick': JCPS high schools open COVID-19 test sites during winter break

Almost 8,500 people have been tested since last week. Testing sites will be at every high school.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Schools COVID-19 testing sites were open for business Tuesday, offering a convenient option for students, staff and families to get tested.

Despite it being a holiday break, testing sites at JCPS have still been busy. 

As of Tuesday, roughly 11,000 people have been tested since school let out for the year. 

More than half (57%) of those tests were administered this week when testing resumed after Christmas. 

Drive-thru COVID testing for JCPS students, families and employees will be offered at all high schools Wednesday, Dec. 29 from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Tuesday, JCPS staff also had the chance to get their COVID booster shot at Seneca High School. 

"I am excited because I don't know what is going to happen next and, to my understanding, if I should get it, it wouldn't be as bad," JCPS employee Marion Easley said. "I don't want to be really sick."

About 300 staffers were signed up to be boosted.

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