SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — New Hanover County Schools elementary students were remote for their third week this semester, while middle and high schoolers commenced their second week under the Plan B model, which allows for two days a week of face-to-face instruction and three days virtual.
Elementary school students return to in-person classes under Plan B on Jan. 25. It’s still unknown when NHCS will reopen elementary schools to students five days a week under Plan A.
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This week, 47 staff and students in New Hanover County Schools tested positive for Covid-19 and 100 people were assigned to quarantine for exposure, according to the district’s reporting.
Hoggard and Laney high schools are currently seeing the highest Covid-19 numbers in the district. Both have eight Covid-19 cases each, although neither is considered a cluster this time, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. A cluster consists of five or more cases that are proven to be connected.
As of Jan. 22, NHCS has recorded a total of 365 positive cases in its schools since Oct. 12, the day students returned to in-person school on a part-time basis.
Elementary
Anderson – 1
Bellamy – 2
Carolina Beach – 1
Eaton – 4
Holly Tree – 3
Howe PreK Center – 1
Parsley – 1
Middle
Murray – 4
Myrtle Grove – 1
Noble – 2
High
Ashley – 4
Hoggard – 8
Laney – 8
New Hanover – 3
Central office
Human Resources – 1
Operations – 3
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Brunswick
Brunswick County Schools were back to school this week after a return to face-to-face classes was delayed in response to two clusters on separate campuses. On Tuesday, Jan. 19, after the Martin Luther King holiday, BCS elementary school students returned to physical classes five days a week under Plan A and middle and high school students resumed Plan B.
Already, there are seven cases at West Brunswick High, and notably, Town Creek Elementary has four active cases. The elementary school endured a severe outbreak last month that closed the school to students for the two remaining days before the Christmas break.
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Brunswick County Schools is reporting 33 active Covid-19 cases and 139 quarantines as of Jan. 22, according to the school district’s dashboard.
To date, BCS has recorded a total of 195 positive cases in its schools, of which 162 are recovered.
Elementary
Belville – 3
Bolivia – 2
Jessie Mae Monroe – 2
Southport – 1
Supply – 2
Town Creek – 4
Union – 1
Virginia Williamson – 1
K-8
Waccamaw – 1
Middle
Cedar Grove – 1
Town Creek – 1
Leland – 2
South Brunswick – 2
High
North Brunswick – 2
South Brunswick – 1
West Brunswick – 7
Pender
Pender County Schools students were back to in-person learning as early as Jan. 7 following the holiday break. Elementary schools are in Plan A while the upper-grade levels are operating under Plan B.
The district’s most recent update is from the week of Jan. 11-17. As of then, there were 17 active cases of Covid-19 and 112 people were quarantined due to exposure.
A total of 340 people in Pender County Schools have tested positive to date and 323 have recovered from the virus.
Elementary
Cape Fear – 2
C.F. Pope – 3
Surf City – 2
Malpass Corner – 2
Middle
Burgaw – 2
Cape Fear – 2
West Pender – 2
High
Heide Trask – 1
Pender – 1
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