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.
The COVID-19 dashboard indicators are intended to guide the school corporation on deciding whether or not schools can continue to meet for in-person learning, which began Aug. 10.
Whether or not in-person learning continues at BCSC depends on whether certain COVID-19 data indicates that the school system is in a “minimal,” “moderate” or “substantial” spread category. Roberts has said in the past that an overall designation of substantial spread would result in a move to eLearning.
Per capita positive rate, percent positive test rate, hospitalizations and test turnaround time are in the minimal spread category. However, if test turnaround time rises to three to five days, it will be in the moderate spread category.
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The COVID-19 Community Task Force posts updates on community spread on its website every Monday and Thursday at covid19communitytaskforce.org/data/.
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