The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.
Until recently, the state s weekly outbreak reports had been fairly stable, even though the number of new outbreaks had plateaued at a level higher than health officials liked, at 75 on March 24.
She does so much! Congratulations to Carson High Schoolâs Lavon Sollberger on being awarded Certified Employee of the Year. Lavon, an Administrative Specialist, upon the receiving of her award said âI have no need for a web cam or microphone on my computer; at a recent virtual staff meeting, my speakers experienced a case of the hiccups, and I lost the sound, so off to a co-workerâs office I went observing social distancing rules and sitting on the far side of the office just to listen to the staff meeting.â Lavon continued, âSince working at CHS, my vote for classified staff of the year has always been spot on, so when Principal Chambers announced my name, and not the person I had voted for, I was totally surprised, and my first thought was bummer, my winning voting streak was over, but wow, what a way to lose and win at the same time.â After being awarded CHS Certified Employee of the Year, Lavon was asked by Chambers whether or not she would like to s
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Melisa Rewold-Thuon, assistant superintendent for Eagle County Schools, remembers spending her birthday at the emergency school board meeting. “It’s a birthday I will always remember,” she said of March 13, 2020.
. It would close 17 schools and switch to remote learning for three weeks starting Tuesday, just three days later.
The news that kids would be learning from home because of the rapidly-evolving pandemic, exactly one week after Eagle County’s first confirmed coronavirus infection, reverberated throughout the county’s households and businesses.
“I was hoping for the best, but also worrying, what if we have a huge outbreak?” Rewold-Thuon said of the uncertain weeks leading up to the district’s announcement, when the shadow of the pandemic spread and darkened, but had not yet upended life. “I do remember thinking, ‘This is not going to be good, I have a feeling,’” Rewold-Thuon said.
Photo courtesy Eagle Valley Library District and Eagle County Historical Society.
5 years ago
Week of March 17, 2016
Eagle County Animal Services announced plans to cut back its operations to focus on animal control and patrol calls. The operation said it would partner with the local Humane Society for pet adoption and surrender services.
Batson’s Corner/Eagle Pharmacy was named Eagle Chamber of Commerce business of the year.
Seven Hermits Brewing announced plans to relocate to a larger Eagle Ranch location.
10 years ago
Eagle Valley High School students presented the musical “Hairspray.”
Eagle native son Brad Gamble broke the NCAA Division II heptathlon record. Gamble was a student/athlete at Chadron State College, attending for his final year of track and field eligibility.
The Carson City School Board voted Tuesday to open school for in-person, on-campus instruction to seventh- and eighth-graders four days a week as of March 23.
The full transition of returning students to school to campus from the hybrid model Tuesdays through Fridays began in October with pre-kindergarteners to second-graders, then in January with third- to sixth-graders. Mondays will continue to serve as remote learning days for all students.
“Students and families currently enrolled in the full-remote model at any school will continue to have the option to remain in the full-remote model if they choose,” Superintendent Richard Stokes, superintendent for the Carson City School District, said in a statement from the district Wednesday. “Hybrid students not interested in attending four days per week may elect to transition to full-remote learning. Further adjustments to school operations may be made if additional restrictions are removed.”