Yesterday, we reported a positive COVID-19 case at East Pike Elementary School around 10:30 a.m., and it was brought to our attention that around 12:30 p.m., another case was reported at East Pike. This case is said to not be related to the aforementioned case.
The news of the first positive COVID-19 case led to the dismissal of students Friday morning, and a closure of the elementary school is scheduled until after the Thanksgiving break. Other area elementary schools and Indiana Junior and Senior High Schools will remain open. Superintendent Michael Vuckovich said in a press release that the district hopes to reopen the school to students on Tuesday, December 1st , but in the mean-time students were given instruction guides for the switch to online learning.
Vuckovich said the district was later notified that a third party employee at the junior and senior high schools had tested positive for COVID-19. He said that according to the information the district received, the employee had no close contact or exposure to any staff members and, as of now, only one student will need to quarantine.
Vuckovich said in the release that he recommends that the junior and senior high schools remain open, however closures could come across the district if the number of positive cases continues to rise, and the district continues to monitor this situation closely.
Click here to access the full press release sent yesterday.
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WHAT WE REPORTED YESTERDAY:
After another case of Covid-19 was reported in East Pike Elementary School, the Indiana Area School District announced that the school will be closed to face-to-face instruction until after the Thanksgiving break is over.
In an announcement posted to the district’s website, district superintendent Mike Vuckovich said that a new case of Covid-19 was reported Friday morning at East Pike elementary. Vukovich announced that class would be dismissed at 11:30 Friday morning and the school building would be closed to in-person education starting Monday, November 16th. They hope to reopen to in-person instruction on Tuesday, December 1st, which would be the day students return to class after Thanksgiving Break. The other elementary schools in the district, along with the junior and senior high schools will remain open as there are no active covid-19 cases in the elementary schools and only one active case in the secondary schools.
Students at East Pike will be sent home with an information packet with an online instruction schedule. All special education services will be provided remotely by the child’s teachers, and lunch pick-up will be made available at the high school.
