FREMONT- Fremont Public Schools released information in regards to COVID-19 within FPS and other school-related updates.
The breakdown of the numbers is as follows:
Number of Students not in school today due to a positive COVID-19 Test: 18
Number of Students not in school today due to quarantine: 154
Total number of students absent today for any illness: 147
Number of employees not working today due to a positive COVID-19 Test: 16
Number of employees not working today due to quarantine: 18
Number of certified teaching staff not at work today for any reason: 37
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 current enrollment numbers for students participating in the virtual learning environment. As of today, 478 students are enrolled in the virtual school option – this represents approximately 9.98% of the overall student enrollment of 4,791.
The Three Rivers Public Health Risk Dial for Dodge County decreased from 3.43 to 3.14 – from between orange and red to high orange this week. As a reminder, the Dial utilizes eight data points on a rolling three-week average.
Fremont Public Schools announced the winter activity protocols this week.
Attendance will be limited to immediate household members of students only. Two immediate household members will be allowed for basketball games and wrestling duals and triangulars. One immediate household member will be allowed for swimming, bowling, and wrestling invitationals.
To view the full list of protocols, visit fremonttigers.org/news.
Three Rivers Public Health Department released new guidance from the state of Nebraska regarding quarantining for those who are exposed to someone who tests positive. This new guidance became effective as of 5 pm, Thursday, December 3, 2020.
A quarantine may discontinue without testing under the following conditions:
- At least ten days have passed since close contact exposure AND
- No COVID-19 symptoms have developed and the person self-monitors for COVID-19 symptoms and wears a facial covering through day 14 since last close contact.
A quarantine may discontinue with testing under the following conditions:
- At least seven days have passed since close contact exposure, no COVID-19 symptoms have developed AND
- Results of a diagnostic specimen test (molecular or antigen) is negative that was collected no earlier than five days since last close contact exposure AND
- The person self-monitors for COVID-19 symptoms and wears a facial covering through day 14 since last close contact.
As a reminder, the Fremont Board of Health issued a Community Health Directive on Saturday, November 28 that masks are to be worn by individuals age five and older to wear a face covering while indoors, in public through January 31, 2021.
