COLUMBUS, Ind. — Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. is reporting three new COVID-19 cases this week.
Since school reopened on Aug. 10, BCSC has reported a total of 25 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases
Superintendent Jim Roberts said that of this number, 16 are students and nine are staff members. Out of the student cases, 10 were enrolled in remote learning.
Five of the cases have come from Columbus East High School. Four are from Richards Elementary. The administration building, Clifty Creek Elementary, Columbus Signature Academy New Tech, Mt. Healthy Elementary and Columbus North High School have each had two cases. The following buildings have had one case each: Busy Bees Academy, Central Middle School, Columbus Signature Academy Fodrea, Parkside Elementary, Smith Elementary and Southside Elementary.
Roberts said that a total of 395 close contacts have been identified due to both internal and external exposure to positive test cases.
In-person learning will continue for BCSC next week, per the latest update on community spread from the COVID-19 Community Task Force.
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