FREMONT – Fremont Public Schools released information yesterday afternoon related to COVID-19. The school district began its Thanksgiving break today, November 25.
As of Tuesday, 12 students and 10 employees were positive with COVID-19 within FPS, while 153 students and 22 employees were under quarantine orders.
The District does not release information by school or grade level in an effort to not share information that is personally identifiable. This would be in violation of FERPA (Federal Education Rights to Privacy Act) and potentially employment and HIPAA (Health Insurance
Portability Accountability Act) laws.
The District also released enrollment numbers for students participating in the virtual learning environment.
466 students are currently enrolled in the virtual school option – this represents approximately 9.7% of the overall student enrollment of 4,792.
The Three Rivers Public Health COVID-19 Risk Dial for Dodge County increased from 3.0 to 3.25 last week. Increasing further in the orange, high-risk level category. The Risk Dial is updated weekly and is released each Wednesday. As a reminder, the Dial utilizes eight data points on a rolling three-week average.
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