LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SPREAD FOR SCHOOLS

Date: April 5, 2021

Central District Health (CDH) uses a two-week average of daily COVID- 19 cases calculated per 100,000 people in a given county.

For counties with fewer than 25,000 people, case rate thresholds have been adjusted because small changes in reported cases can greatly impact rates.

The categories are weekly assessments of community spread and are updated on Mondays. They are recommendations only; final decisions are made by local school boards. If category designations are adjusted, then schools and families should expect transition time as changes may or may not be immediate.

Private and charter schools should use the category based on the address of their facility and associated school district boundary.