A Georgetown University Law School student was booted from a course after testing positive for COVID-19 in a breakthrough case, according to voicemails and …
A Georgetown University Law School student was booted from a course after testing positive for COVID-19 in a breakthrough case, according to voicemails and emails from the university reviewed by the Daily Caller. Danette Blain told the Daily Caller that, beginning in August 2021, she enrolled in a class titled “Business and Financial Basics.” The class was a two-credit, pass/fail course that ran from Aug.9-13. Blain, who is fully vaccinated per the school’s rules, returned to the Washington, D.C. campus from her home state of Montana on Aug.3. After developing symptoms of COVID-19, she opted to take a test, which came back positive. Blain emailed Professor Andrew Blair-Stanek on Aug.5 requesting accommodations for a hybrid model until she tested negative for COVID. The law student expressed to the Daily Caller that she — like thousands of students nationwide — meticulously planned out her semester and wanted to take the class as scheduled. The professor told Blain that he was working with the university regarding accommodation policies and asked if she was willing to attend class via Zoom to “ask questions and the like in real time,” according to the student-professor email exchange. Emily Wack, the executive director of academic affairs at Georgetown Law, informed Blain on Aug.7 that she was ineligible to take the course after testing positive for COVID-19 since the class has a mandatory attendance policy. “I’m confirming in writing that we are not able to offer you an option for remote participation in the weeklong Business and Financial Basics course that starts this Monday,” Wack said in an email.
