Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. officials are reporting that since August, the school corporation has had 417 positive COVID cases. Of this number, 247 have been students, 127 have been staff and 43 have been teachers.
This is up 80 from a total of 337 on Dec. 18. At that time, 199 student cases, 103 staff cases and 35 teacher cases had been reported since August.
The reported cases are as follows, by building:
- Administration: Five staff members (5 total)
- Busy Bees: Eight staff, three teachers (11 total)
- Central: 13 students, two staff, one teacher (16 total)
- Clifty Creek: Three students, seven staff, six teachers (16 total)
- CSA Fodrea: Two students, three staff, three teachers (8 total)
- CSA Lincoln: Seven students, two staff, one teacher (10 total)
- CSA New Tech: 17 students, two staff, two teachers (21 total)
- Columbus East: 54 students, 13 staff, five teachers (72 total)
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nformation Services
- Center: Eight staff (8 total)
- McDowell/Bright Beginnings: Seven students, four staff (11 total)
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- t. Healthy: Six students, three staff, three teachers (12 total)
- Columbus North: 74 students, 18 staff, five teachers (97 total)
- Northside: 16 students, four staff, three teachers (23 total)
- Parkside: 14 student
- s, seven staff (21 total)
- Richards: 13 students, one staff, two teachers (16 total)
- Rockcreek: Two students, two staff, two teachers (6 total)
- Schmitt: Three students, seven staff, two teachers (12 total)
- Smith: Six students, two staff, one teacher (9 total)
- Southside: Six students, five staff, two teachers (13 total)
- Transportati
- on and maintenance: 20 staff (20 total)
- Taylorsville: Four students, four staff, two teachers (10 total)
In addition, the COVID-19 Community Task Force’s latest community spread report, posted Monday, shows that the per capita positive rate is up to 65.6.
The COVID-19 dashboard indicators are intended to guide BCSC on deciding whether or not schools can meet for in-person learning.
BCSC has begun the new semester with hybrid learning for secondary students and in-person learning for elementary students. According to a recent statement from the school corporation, the hybrid model will remain in place for middle and high schools for at least two weeks, through Jan. 15.
Monday’s community spread update from the task force showed the following:
- There are 54 new positive cases, and the number is decreasing.
- The per capita positive rate is 65.6 and increasing.
- The percent positive test rate is 39.3% and decreasing.
- There are 46 COVID hosp
- italizations, and the number is increasing.
- Test turnaround time is 2.3 days and increasing.
- Per capita positive rate, percent positive test rate and hospitalizations are all in the substantial spread category.
- Test turnaround time is in the minimal spread ca
tegory but would reach moderate spread if it increases to over three days. Anything over five days would put it into the substantial spread category.
