Thales Academy 4th grade in Wake Forest under quarantine after student tests positive for coronavirus

A fourth-grader at Thales Academy in Wake Forest tested positive for the novel coronavirus, leading to a 14-day quarantine for all fourth-grade students and teachers.

Posted 6:45 p.m. Aug 4, 2020 — Updated 3:07 a.m. Aug 5, 2020

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — A fourth-grader at Thales Academy in Wake Forest tested positive for the novel coronavirus, leading to a 14-day quarantine for all fourth-grade students and teachers.

Thales spokeswoman Holly Clark said the student, who showed no symptoms while at school and passed daily temperature and symptom checks, contracted the virus from a family member.

Thales Academy, with eight locations across the Triangle, reopened to students and staff on July 20. As a private school, Thales is not required to adhere to state guidelines for public schools.

Within days of the start of school, the Raleigh location was deep-cleaned after a visiting teacher was found to have the virus.

Last week, Vice President Mike Pence visited the Thales Academy in Apex to discuss the return to school and school choice.

The Wake Forest school will "continue thorough cleanings throughout the school day and has completed additional sanitation and disinfecting of the affected classrooms and building," Clark said.

“They are doing the best they can, they’ve been very clear with communication with anyone or a class or group has been impacted, they are letting them know right away," said Laura LeBlanc, a parent who has a child at the Thales Academy Knightdale location. "You’re hearing it from Thales and not the news, which is great. Whenever we have concerns or questions, we ask and get really solid answers back from them.”

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