The Monroe County Community School Corp. will continue to offer in-person instruction despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
The district will remain in its Green Phase, which means K-12 students can receive in-person instruction five days a week.
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Superintendent Judy DeMuth said the district’s metric committee met Tuesday afternoon and decided it was safe enough to keep students in the classrooms.
“I just can’t tell you how honored I am to have everybody working toward that goal of keeping MCCSC safe for our children and for our staff members," DeMuth said.
MCCSC’s COVID-19 metrics table indicates that if the county’s seven-day positivity rate is below 5%, students can return to in-person instruction. The latest data from the Indiana State Dept. of Health currently has Monroe County's rate at 2.9%.
MCCSC board member Sue Wanzer said school safety procedures and proper cleaning measures are working.
"Our schools are probably safer than inside any other building," Wanzer said.
The district has also released the total number of positive COVID-19 cases reported in each school since the week of Sept. 6.
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"I believe that it helps us to be transparent," Assistant Superintendent Andrea Mobley said. "I think in many ways it's reassuring to see that there are a low number of cases."
The metric committee will next meet Nov. 17 to determine the district’s learning status that will go into effect on Nov. 30.
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