A total of 32 active cases of COVID-19 are being reported at Addison Elementary School in Northeast Cobb, the largest number for any school this week in the Cobb County School District.
The district released its weekly COVID report on Friday, showing 658 active cases.
That’s down from the range of around 1K in each of the last three weeks, but it reflects a shortened school week due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday.
Since July 1, there have been 4,402 cases among students and staff. Addison had eight cases prior to this week, and is not the first elementary school in East Cobb with such large numbers.
For 10 days last month the entire 5th grade at East Side Elementary School went to remote learning due to an outbreak.
Rocky Mount Elementary School in Northeast Cobb has 24 active cases, more than doubling its previous cumulative total.
There are 13 cases at Lassiter High School and Dickerson Middle School is reporting 11 active cases this week.
Earlier this week the Cobb Board of Health approved a position statement urging universal masking in schools, a direct response to the Cobb school district’s masks-optional policy.
The guidance comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and includes several other provisions to combat growing numbers of cases and hospitalizations among school-age children.
Cobb superintendent Chris Ragsdale, a member of the board of health, abstained from voting, saying the district is following the other protocols, and indicated that “97 percent [of students and staff] are COVID-free.”
In Cobb County, the spread of COVID-19 remains high due to the Delta variant. Cobb and Douglas Public Health report that as of Thursday, there is a 14-day average of just under 800 cases per 100,000 people. “High community spread” is a two-week average of 100/100K.
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