COVID-19 school dashboard: Cases jump substantially in most recent report

Patrick McGerr, The Herald-Times
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Indiana's K-12 schools saw a large jump in numbers of COVID-19 cases in the past week.

Around Indiana, 15,485 new student cases were reported in the most recent update of the school tab on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, more than doubling the record set the previous week. Some of the cases reported Monday dated back several weeks, but more than 13,000 of the student cases were attributed to last week.

There were 1,137 new cases reported among teachers, along with 1,471 new staff cases since the last dashboard update. This school year, more than 84,000 student cases have been reported in Indiana, while 35,861 cases were reported all of last school year.

Nick Bikoff gets a COVID-19 vaccine shot from Sara Wisen, a registered nurse, at the Super Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Nov. 18, 2021,in partnership with the Health Department and IU Health at Edgewood Primary School.
Nick Bikoff gets a COVID-19 vaccine shot from Sara Wisen, a registered nurse, at the Super Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Nov. 18, 2021,in partnership with the Health Department and IU Health at Edgewood Primary School.

Locally, the Monroe County Community School Corp., Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp. and other schools in Monroe County are among those reporting sharply increased numbers of new cases among students, teachers and staff.

MCCSC

While all MCCSC schools are reporting data to the state, more specific data can also be found through the district's website on its COVID-19 Information and Impact Page by clicking MCCSC COVID-19 Data for 2021-22 School Year to download the list.

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Positive cases are sorted by individuals who have been in a school building, those not in a building and those involved with extracurriculars only. The numbers reported on MCCSC’s website include cases among students and staff combined, and while the state’s COVID-19 school dashboard separates cases among students, teachers and staff, schools reporting fewer than five positive cases have their data suppressed to protect privacy.

From MCCSC’s own data, from Jan. 8 through Jan. 14, the most recent data available when The Herald-Times reported this story, the district reported 89 new COVID-19 cases among students and staff who were in school buildings, or more specifically, among individuals who were present in a school building within 48 hours prior to the onset of symptoms or a positive test.

During that time period, 93 new COVID-19 cases among students and staff were reported among individuals out of school buildings for the 48 hours prior to the onset of symptoms or a positive test.

The previous week, those numbers were 33 for in buildings and 70 out of buildings.

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Data is broken down by day on MCCSC’s chart, but here’s an overview of what the week showed:

  • Arlington Heights Elementary reported 10 positive COVID-19 cases among people in the building and four among individuals not in the building.

  • Batchelor Middle School reported seven new cases in the building, as well as six outside of the building.

  • Binford Elementary reported one positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff in the building and six outside of the building.

  • Childs Elementary reported five cases outside of the building.

  • Clear Creek Elementary reported one new case in the building and one outside.

  • Fairview Elementary reported five positive cases among individuals in the building, and a further seven individuals not in the building.

  • Grandview Elementary reported three positive cases among people within the building and two outside.

  • Highland Park Elementary reported one positive case in someone within the building and six outside the building.

  • Lakeview Elementary reported five cases among people in the building, and one in someone not in the building.

  • Marlin Elementary reported one case among people outside the building.

  • Rogers Elementary reported two cases in the building and three outside.

  • Summit Elementary reported eight cases in the building and six outside.

  • Templeton Elementary reported two positive cases among people within the building and one positive case in someone not in the building.

  • Unionville Elementary reported one positive case in the building and one outside.

  • University Elementary reported four new cases outside the building.

  • Jackson Creek Middle School reported five new positive cases in the building and one outside.

  • Tri-North Middle School reported seven new positive cases among people within the building and seven outside.

  • The Academy of Science reported one positive case out of the building.

  • Bloomington Graduation School reported one case in the building.

  • Bloomington High School North reported 18 positive cases from individuals in the building and 13 positive cases for those not in the building.

  • Bloomington High School South reported nine cases among people in the building and 13 outside of the building.

  • One person was reported positive who had been outside the buildings at both North and South.

  • The Hoosier Hills Career Center reported one case in the building.

  • Two positive cases were reported as outside the building at Bloomington North and the Hoosier Hills Career Center.

  • Two positive cases were reported among MCCSC personnel working inside a building and one was reported outside any buildings

On MCCSC's website, just the positive cases are reported, not the number of students and staff quarantined. Some schools reported no cases within that seven-day time period. The district’s chart also includes the total number of cases for each school.

R-BB

Within Richland-Bean Blossom schools, there were 48 new cases reported among students since the last state dashboard update, up from eight student cases the previous week.

  • Edgewood High School reported 17 new positive cases among students and no new positive cases among staff.

  • Edgewood Junior High reported 18 new cases among students.

  • Edgewood Intermediate School reported 13 new cases among students.

  • Edgewood Primary School did not report any new cases.

Other schools

  • St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School reported fewer than five new cases among students and fewer than five among teachers.

  • Seven Oaks Classical School reported eight new cases among students, and fewer than five among teachers.

  • Bloomington Montessori reported 15 new positive cases among students in the most recent state dashboard update, fewer than five new cases among teachers and fewer than five among staff.

  • Clear Creek Christian School also reported fewer than five new cases among students, and fewer than five for teachers.

  • Lighthouse Christian Academy reported fewer than five new cases among students and the same for teachers.

  • Harmony School reported fewer than five new cases among students.

Other schools in Monroe County are marked on the dashboard either as not reporting data or as reporting zero new cases.

The school dashboard can be viewed at coronavirus.in.gov.

Contact Patrick McGerr at pmcgerr@heraldt.com, 812-307-5636, or follow @patrickmcgerr on Twitter.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Bloomington, Monroe County COVID cases up on in K-12 schools