US COVID-19 cases reported to the CDC in the Last 7 Days, by State/Territory https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_deathsinlast7days

COVID-19 Among School-Aged Children https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6939e2.htmhttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6944e1.htm

MMWR is Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Core indicators to inform in-person school learning  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/schools-childcare/indicators-thresholds-table.pdf

The State of Iowa Department of Public Health discontinued their role in contract tracing in schools a couple weeks ago as they were overwhelmed

K-12 Schools COVID-19 Mitigation Toolkit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/FINAL-0321420_B_K-12_Mitigation_Toolkit508.pdf

Oklahoma schools have taken on the lion share of the contact tracing burden. We stay in constant communication with local/county health departments. The result is school nurses and administrators who spend large portions of their work day contact tracing and notifying parents, but the health department does not have the capacity to handle all contact tracing.

How to Plan and Execute a COVID-19 Mitigation Walkthrough for In-Person Learning  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/321420-Walkthrough.pdf  

New York (at least Long Island) is also leaving the contact tracing to the schools.

"What Do I Do?" Poster Serieshttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/index.html

Cleaning and Disinfection in Schools: K-12 Toolkit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/clean-disinfect-hygiene.html

Monitoring & Evaluation Tools and Resources https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/monitoring-evaluation-k-12.html

Monitoring & Evaluation Checklist for K-12 Schoolshttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/monitoring-evaluation-checklist-k-12.html

Interview and Focus Group Guides https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/monitoring-evaluation-k-12.html

New Webpage for School Health Personnel https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/school-nurses-hcp.html 

Updates to Considerations for Wearing a Mask https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover-guidance.html 

Quarantine:https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html

CDC COVID-19 Partner Update: December 14, 2020 Ten Truths about COVID-19 https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_x3k8knEMQL6npdRrIUMa2Q

Thanks for valuable information. NAESP appreciates your important work in this critically important area.

Our school based infection rates for employees tends to mirror the community infection rates whereas our student infection rate has been significantly less. It is the adults getting sick and/or exposed that has caused us to have to temporarily been virtual / remote vs. in person learning.

Public schools generally follow the rules and CDC guidance

We are having the same issue. The challenge is the lack of adults who can substitute for staff when they are sick.

AASA will be sending the recording and presentation to all registrants and the links will be posted on our website

Same issue in Central Illinois... while we all agree kids are better off in schools and spread among them is minimal, we MUST have adults to hold school. The age range for adult is 22-78 and many have underlying conditions. It's all so difficult - from absolutely EVERY angle. Every day we all just make the next best decision. Thank you for hosting this webinar!