Two area school districts are making adjustments as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
USD 417 Morris County canceled school Friday at the junior-senior high building with what the district calls a “recent increase in the number of required quarantines.” The district says this will let staff rearrange the school and ensure the minimum six-foot social distancing is available in all academic settings. High school extracurricular activities will move forward as planned with no activity bus. Junior high athletic practices are canceled.
Right now, two students have COVID-19 at Council Grove Junior-Senior High, with another 14 students in quarantine. The district also has one confirmed case and five quarantines among staff at Prairie Heights Elementary. Over 20 students are in quarantine at the school.
At USD 456 Marais des Cygnes Valley, a positive coronavirus case has been identified in a student at the high school. The student is in quarantine, as will be all close contacts.
The district says no additional measures are being advised — for now — by the Osage County Health Department, meaning classes and extracurricular activities remain on as scheduled.
Area reports:
*Chase County typically reports on Mondays, but it announced two new community cases since then to go to 24. Both new cases are the only active cases for the county. There is one death. Chase County did not announce numbers for the Chase County Detention Center after splitting community and jail numbers since Sept. 8
*Greenwood County added one new case to go to 48 total since March. The new case is one of two active cases in the county.
*Morris County made a rare non-Monday update, adding seven new cases for a total of 38. The new cases are the only active cases for the county.
*Osage County is reporting three new cases bringing the overall total to 99. The active case number also increased by one to 17.
