Emporia’s education outlets had either small increases in their caseloads or no increase at all over the past week.
USD 253 Emporia has no new cases to report this week. It had six cases last week with five teachers involved and four of the six cases, including the one affected student, at the prekindergarten to elementary level. The district had to send students in three kindergarten and a third-grade class at Walnut Elementary home for remote learning after a cluster developed last week. Onsite learning will resume for those students Monday.
Emporia State University is now reporting seven new cases on campus over the past week and 53 total. It has 24 active cases with one student in on-campus isolation and two more in on-campus quarantine. Almost 580 students have been tested.
ESU had 46 confirmed positive cases a week ago with over 440 students tested.
Flint Hills Technical College, meanwhile, has two active cases, pushing the college total to six since the fall semester began. Nobody is currently in quarantine.
