It’s not surprising, but that doesn’t mean it’s not concerning. COVID-19 cases are being reported in schools across the Bay area.
Mandatory masks and social distancing remain the norm, but families are watching to see how well the districts’ health and safety plans are actually working.
Here are the latest case numbers:
Citrus County Schools: 32
The district says cases have been reported at the following schools:
· Inverness Middle School
· Lecanto Primary School
· Crystal River High School
· Academy of Environment Science
· Central Ridge Elementary
· Citrus High School
· Cistris Springs Elementary
· Citrus Springs Middle
· Crystal River Primary
· Floral City Elementary
· Forest Rige Elementary
· Hernando Elementary
· Homosassa Elementary
· Inverness Primary School
· Lecanto High School
· Lecanto Middle School
· PACE School
· Pleasant Grove Elementary
· Renaissance Center
· Rock Crusher Elementary
· Withlacoochee Technical College
Eight employees at the district's offices have tested positive.
The district is providing updated information on its website.
Hillsborough County Schools: 181
On Monday, September 1, Hillsborough County reported one case each at Citrus Park Elementary, Eisenhower Middle and Stowers Elementary. All three were students.
Important note: The number of cases reported by Hillsborough County Schools dates back to July 2020, before schools reopened. A total of 137 staff members and 43 students have tested positive.
Cases have been reported at more than 50 schools and district offices.
The district launched a dashboard for parents and teachers to be able to track the number of cases and locations affected.
Manatee County Schools: 11+
The district has confirmed “a couple of cases” at several different schools and single cases at others.
Officials did not say whether the people who tested positive were students, employees or both, but parents with children at the following schools have been notified:
· Williams Elementary
· Palmetto High School
· Nolan Middle School
· Blackburn Elementary School
· Manatee High School
· Lincoln Memorial Academy
Pinellas County Schools: 31
Cases have been reported among students and teachers at the following locations:
· St. Petersburg High School
· James B. Sanderlin PK-8
· Sutherland Elementary School
· Pinellas Park High School
· Walter Pownall Service Center
· Bardmoor Elementary
· Clearwater Intermediate School
· Ozona Elementary School
· Boca Ciega High School
· Largo High School
· Pinellas Park Elementary School
· Bear Creek Elementary School
· Clearwater High School
· Northeast High School
· Fuguitt Elementary School
· Pinellas Park Elementary School
· Carwise Middle School
· Pinellas Academy of Math and Science Charter
· Shore Acres Elementary School
· Osceola Middle School
· Water Pownall Service Center
. Maximo Elementary School
. Walsingham Elementary School
. Safety Harbor Elementary School
Pasco County Schools: 19
The district says 15 students and four employees have tested positive. Another 284 students and 33 employees have been "impacted" by those cases.
Parents can track updates on the district’s website.
Polk County Schools: 62
According to the district, parents at the following schools received messages to inform them of the positive cases:
· Spessard Holland Elementary School
· Lake Alfred Elementary School
· Carlton Palmore Elementary
· Jean O'Dell Learning Center
· Fort Meade Middle-Senior
· Dundee Ridge Middle School
· Boswell Elementary School
· Boone Middle School
· Bartow High School
· Bartow IB
· Summerlin Academy
· Jewett School of the Arts
· Denison Middle School
· Chain of Lakes Elementary School
· Palmetto Elentary School
· R. Clem Churchwell Elementary School
· Walter Caldwell Elementary School
· Wendell Watson Elementary
· Kingsford Elementary
· Lakeland High, Harrison School for the Arts
· Garner Elementary School
· Floral Avenue Elementary
The district is posting updates here.
