197 infected in new coronavirus outbreaks at 65 schools, says Michigan’s May 3 school outbreak report
Updated May 03, 2021;
The data was collected on Thursday, April 29, and includes preschools and daycares in those buildings
Last week, the state reported 189 infections in new outbreaks at 41 K-12 school districts.
The biggest new outbreaks involves 14 children and staff at Teddy Bear Playhouse preschool in Oakland County’s Commerce Township, and 10 students at Harlan Elementary in Bloomfield Hills.
K-12 school outbreaks were identified in 23 counties. Below are those outbreaks listed by county.
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Allegan: Gilkey Elementary School in Plainwell, nine students; West Ward Elementary School in Allegan, two students; Fennville High School, two students.
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ESCANABA The Escanaba School Board has decided to return all grades to face-to-face learning on January 25.
Students will have the option to return in-person, attend in hybrid fashion or completely online. To accommodate those who choose to attend online, all classes will stream their lessons in addition to having face-to-face learning.
The decision to return to face-to-face schooling was not without debate. Concerns were voiced about schools being able to maintain social distancing should all students opt to attend in-person. This was countered with doubt that all students would want to return in-person, lowering in-building numbers.
COVID-19 cases are trending in the right direction, and only one student has tested positive in all of January. No students needed to be quarantined as a result. Superintendent Coby Fletcher noted it is hard to say whether the downward trending cases are a result of hybrid learning or a general trending down of COVID-19 in