School COVID-19 update
DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 7 months AGO
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | October 7, 2020 1:00 AM
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Lakeland Joint School District has had a total of 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
"If you count August, before school started, we have 19 total," Lakeland Superintendent Becky Meyer said Tuesday.
As of Tuesday morning, Post Falls School District reported a total of seven cases, three of which were active. Post Falls Superintendent Dena Naccarato said because her district has been able to socially distance, no one has been quarantined, per the definition of exposure “within six feet for 15 minutes or more."
"Panhandle has directed some to quarantine," she said.
The Coeur d'Alene School District has learned of 26 students and staff who have tested positive since the start of the school year Sept. 14. Currently, 17 of those individuals are in isolation.
Just this week, the district was informed of 12 individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 at six different schools. All of them are isolating at home. Through contact tracing work, the district has identified 107 individuals who were in close contact with the 12 individuals. All of them were advised to quarantine in accordance with public health guidance.
Since school began, Coeur d'Alene has had 163 people who were expected to quarantine because of close contact exposure.
Spokesman Scott Maben said their reopening plan is built on public health expectations outlined by Panhandle Health District and the Centers for Disease Control.
"Each time we notify a student or employee that they are expected to quarantine because of an exposure event, we are closely following the public health guidelines," he said. "When we are unsure, we check with Panhandle Health."
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