Dozens of students were forced to stay home due to the possibility of contamination after two parents knowingly sent their child to elementary school.
The child continued to attend class for more than a week after testing positive.
The student had been at school for seven days, but was never reported to us.
The Marin County Health and Human Services Department called the school to ask why the school hadn't documented the student's infections when they tested positive.
"In terms of an explanation of why they chose to continue to send their children to school, their initial explanation was that they were uncertain of the COVID protocols," Geithman said.
Parents were told to bring their children to the school gym for the COVID-19 test after learning of the infection. The parents of a COVID-positive kid allowed their child to go to school, exposing 70 students to the virus. ABC7 reported that eight students tested positive.
The Marin County Public Health Department said in a statement that this was the only instance of a household sending a positive student to school.
Marin County has a health order that says anyone who gets a positive COVID-19 test must be isolated.
"It's a violation of the law that we've put in place, and it's also a violation of basic ethics of community responsibility," said Dr. Matt Willis, the county's public health officer.
The decision on whether the parents will be fined or charged with a crime will be made early next week.
