ANDERSON, SC (WSPA) – Anderson School District Five will soon require its staff to take weekly COVID-19 tests if they are not vaccinated.

“One of the things that we’ve really encouraged is that our employees get vaccinated. We believe this is the safest way to keep our schools open because if we don’t have bus drivers, if we don’t have canteens.” Working in kitchens when we don’t have guards, when we don’t have teachers in the classrooms, that’s what closes schools, “said Superintendent Tom Wilson, Anderson School District Five.” In preparation for not having to close schools, One way is to get people vaccinated. And as you may recall, we offered an incentive, $ 500 for all full-time workers, $ 250 for part-time workers. And right now we vaccinate around 76 percent of our employees. When we did started the incentive a few months ago, it was around 50 percent. “