Coronavirus cases spike as students head back to school
October 27, 2020
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Coronavirus cases have increased rapidly ever since school started back in mid-September, leaving many worried that we will have to repeat quarantine.
This month, we have seen the most hospitalizations since June, with a total of 131 cases. The students at NKHS have been working hard, making sure they are socially distancing in order to continue in-person learning.
“Students have been amazing with wearing their masks,” Barbara Morse said. “We’ve had extremely few cases, which is amazing considering the size of our student population.”
The school has a free lunch and breakfast system where students can grab breakfast and a snack in the morning and will have a designated time in the day to eat. In order to prevent any systematic errors, teachers have made sure everything is clean when students arrive in the classroom.
“From what I’ve observed, students and teachers are handling the sanitizing process and snack time pretty well,” Eric Anderson said.
Governor Raimondo has been taking many precautions to ensure cases across the state do not skyrocket. Household parties have been shut down and teacher break rooms are to be closed as they seem to be a factor of the spread.
“Currently, we can have break rooms as long as we are six feet apart,” Mr. Anderson said. “I haven’t heard anything from the NKSD which indicates that we can no longer have them.”
As of now, everything is going as it should be. There is no indication that suggests students part of the hybrid plan will be transferring back to full distance learning anytime soon. With no hesitation, there is hope for schools to stay open until the new year.
“Our district is doing really well statistically, so I have hope that we can continue to have some in-person learning,” Dr. Morse said.
Everyone is grateful for the students at NKHS and their assistance in preventing the spread of COVID-19 one day at a time. The administration is keeping a close eye on any new announcements that may cause a change to the current school system procedures. As of now, everything is where it should be.
