Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. is reporting a total of 951 COVID-19 cases since Jan. 1 in what officials say will be the school corporation’s final COVID-19 case report.
As of noon Friday, the school corporation reported 768 student cases and 183 staff cases during the new semester, up seven from last week’s total. This brings the total for the school year to 1,911 since August, with 960 during the first semester.
School officials said Friday that this will be their “last report to the press about COVID-19 cases.” BCSC began releasing positive case counts to The Republic in August of 2020 amid calls for transparency from teachers and other members of the public.
The school corporation reported 665 positive cases from August to the end of the 2020-21 school year, with the total including 431 student cases and 234 staff cases.
The breakdown of cases for the second semester of the 2021-22 school year is as follows by building:
Administration: 8 staff
Busy Bees: Eight students, four staff (12)
Central: 43 students, 11 staff (54)
Clifty Creek: 38 students, 13 staff (51)
CSA Fodrea: 28 students, five staff (33)
CSA Lincoln: 36 students, five staff (41)
CSA New Tech: 30 students, four staff (34)
East: 92 students, 18 staff (110)
ISC Building: Two staff
McDowell/Bright Beginnings: Seven students, nine staff (16)
Mt. Healthy: 25 students, seven staff (32)
North: 106 students, 14 staff (120)
Northside: 53 students, eight staff (61)
Parkside: 53 students, 10 staff (63)
Richards: 30 students, five staff (35)
Rockcreek: 18 students, three staff (21)
Schmitt: 51 students, 18 staff (69)
Smith: 46 students, 11 staff (57)
Southside: 69 students, nine staff (78)
Transportation and Maintenance: Two staff
Taylorsville: 35 students, 17 staff (52)
