After just the first week of school, dozens of students at nine schools have been sent home due to COVID-19 exposures. The Washoe County School District says six of the schools are elementary schools where vaccinations are the least prevalent. Children under 12 are not eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. The other schools affected are middle schools. It’s unclear how many students, total, are affected, but we know at least 80 students were exposed at Herz Middle School on the first day of school after a student tested positive for COVID and their parent sent them to school anyway.