COVID-19 cases are dropping in county schools By Jacob Clary - jclary@aimmediamidwest.com Superintendent Tim Davis said at this week’s Hillsboro Board of Education that masks and other COVID-19 measurements are working because the number of staff and students out of school due to the virus or being quarantined has dropped significantly. That appears to be the case across Highland County. According to the Ohio Department of Health School COVID-19 Reporting Dashboard, which was last updated Thursday: * Bright Local Schools had one new student case this week and 19 cumulative student cases. It did not have any new staff cases and has had six total staff cases.