Penn Christian Academy has announced to parents and staff that an asymptomatic school employee has contracted COVID-19.

According to administrator Craig Carnahan, this is the second case the school has seen so far this school year, with the first case being a student three weeks ago.

Carnahan, who's been the Penn Christian administrator for six years, said the two cases were diagnosed far enough apart that the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has deemed them unrelated.

Carnahan said the school is still making sure to follow through with DOH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol.

“We'll email the whole school community,” Carnahan said. “Then we will directly contact anyone who was in close contact.”

Penn Christian Academy draws from seven school districts in Butler and Allegheny counties: Butler Area, South Butler, Slippery Rock, Seneca Valley, Mars Area, Pine-Richland and Deer Lakes.

Carnahan said this year, the school has 140 students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8 and 30 preschoolers.

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