Hope Elementary reports first confirmed COVID-19 case

HOPE — Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp. is reporting one new confirmed case of COVID-19 from Hope Elementary School from the week ending Oct. 16.

The school corporation’s website provides weekly updates on the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases and student referrals related to masks and social distancing.

This week, there was one new case of COVID-19. There was also one student referral at Hauser Jr./Sr. High School for “failure to properly wear a mask.”

Each weekly report contains only the numbers for the past week; the site does not show a running total. For the week ending Aug. 28, there was one case reported from Hauser. The week ending Sept. 4, there were two cases reported from Hauser. The overall total cases reported by the school corp. is four; this is the first case reported from the elementary school.

Superintendent Shawn Price has said in the past that the school corporation is not including remote learning students in its weekly posts regarding case counts.