COVID-19 Risk Indicators for Forsyth County, NC
CDC GUIDANCE on K-12 SCHOOL OPERATIONS REVISED AGAIN
- On March 19, the CDC announced an update to their recommended mitigation strategies in school settings. For more on this, see the summary below. Also, follow
this link to view the revised CDC guidance.
COVID MESSAGE ALERT SYSTEM
- A big
thank you to all of our beta-testers and your enthusiasm regarding the school COVID case notification system. Sign up for school-specific email and text notifications
here. If you have signed up and have not yet received a notification, let us know.
DASHBOARDS of DASHBOARDS
- To save you time, we have combined all of the COVID Dashboards on one page. Visit the
Dashboard of Dashboards
BIPOLAR IONIZATION
- Several local news stories announced the installation of bipolar ionization devices in WS/FC schools. In response to questions we received regarding this technology, please see our recent update on the
bipolar ionization information page.
March 29 update: Today's value of the 7-day CDC incidence metric is (88) and Forsyth County is no longer in the highest risk category. Forsyth County has moved from HIGH risk (for over twenty continuous weeks) to SUBSTANTIAL risk. The 14-day metric has now exited the HIGHEST risk category after 21 weeks and is currently classified in the HIGHER risk category at 168. The number of new COVID cases in Forsyth County has not been this low since October and the number of positive tests over the last two weeks has fallen below 5%. Altogether, the downward trajectory for both metrics and with vaccinations on the rise, this is promising news for our community. Continued mask wearing, maintaining physical distancing, getting vaccinated, rigorous surveilliance for variants, and transparent data sharing of COVID prevalence are all important components to ending this pandemic. Keep up the good work! If you were wondering why there were no updates over the weekend - NCDHHS terminated Saturday updates (starting on March 27) and Sunday updates (starting on March 21). Weekend data is included in the total number of cases, but daily case data is no longer availble for weekend days.
March 29, 2021 - WS/FCS COVID-19 Dashboard
Update (Mon-Fri, excluding holidays): As of 7:30PM, Monday, no update was posted on the WS/FCS Dashboard.Here is the last report from Friday, March 26. 45 WS/FCS staff and students have been reported as current confirmed COVID-19 cases (exposed and quarantined cases are no longer reported). There are currently 9 active confirmed staff cases and 45 active confirmed student cases. 33 out of 83 campuses/departments currently have confirmed COVID-19 cases. It is important to note that confirmed COVID cases reported on the WS/FCS Dashboard represent recent cases. Older cases are routinely removed from the dashboard, typically within 10 days from the initial disclosure.
Since January 11, WS/FCS has reported more than 700 staff and student cases. February had fewer student cases than January, but more cases than November and December combined. Also keep in mind that the magnitude of the decrease in new COVID cases in Forsyth County has not been observed in the school setting. Between January to the second week of March, new COVID cases in Forsyth County have decreased by greater than 80%. This promising decrease has not been observed in WS/FCS student cases over the same period of time. Outbreaks are still occuring in WS/FC schools and the number of student cases and number of schools with active cases remain high. In the first three months of 2021, there have been over 500 student COVID cases.
Bottomline, this data does not support relaxing any of the mitigation strategies in WS/FC schools at this time.
WS/FCS will no longer alert every family of new COVID-19 cases in their school. The exception is if contact tracers identify the student as a "close contact" of a confirmed case. We encourage those who would like the prior alert system reinstated to contact their representative on the
Board of Education.
We will continue to offer a notification service until WS/FCS is able to resume this function. Our push notification service is now available to WS/FCS families and staff to provide alerts of COVID cases in their schools. Sign up on the
Survey page. Both email and text message alerts are available.
Daily report of COVID-19 cases
- It is important to note that WS/FCS only reports cases they consider currently active on their dashboard. Active cases are defined as confirmed positive cases and are removed from their dashboard data typically within 10 days from the initial identification of a positive test. This has caused some confusion since many schools with no current cases have had cases reported in prior weeks. With that said, if you are aware of a student or staff COVID case reported within the last 10 days, it should appear in the following table. WS/FCS provides two options to submit safety concerns, a hotline 336-703-4193 and via their
website.
If you know of a COVID case that was NOT reported on the WS/FCS Dashboard, notify your school's principal. All cases must be reported to the local health authorities. IT'S THE LAW. For the latest COVID updates, visit our
Dashboard of Dashboards. For more details on how WS/FCS reports COVID cases, see the
WS/FCS COVID-19 Dashboard. The previous version of the WS/FCS Dashboard with 2020 data can be found
here.
| March 26 - Current Confirmed COVID-19 Cases reported on WS/FCS Dashboard (From highest total cases to lowest) |
|---|
| School | Students | Staff | Total |
|---|
| District-wide | 36 | 9 | 45 |
| Reagan High School | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Speas Elementary School | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Brunson Elementary School | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cook Literacy Model School | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| East Forsyth High School | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Meadowlark Middle School | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Old Town Elementary School | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| R J Reynolds High School | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Walkertown High School | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ward Elementary School | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Career Center High School | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carver High School | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cash Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Children's Center | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Clemmons Elementary School | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| East Forsyth Middle School | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Easton Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Griffith Elementary School | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hanes Middle School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Konnoak Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maintenance | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mineral Springs Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| North Forsyth High School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paisley IB Middle School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Parkland IB Magnet School | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Piney Grove Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sedge Garden Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Fork Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vienna Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Walkertown Elementary School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Forsyth High School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wiley Magnet Middle School | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Administrative Center* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Academy for Cultural & Global Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atkins Academic & Technology High School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolton Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb's Creek Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter High School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clemmons Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diggs-Latham Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Early College of Forsyth | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flat Rock Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forest Park Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forsyth Middle College | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Morgan Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gibson Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn High School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hall-Woodward Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ibraham Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John F. Kennedy High School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kernersville Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kernersville Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimberley Park Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimmel Farm Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingswood School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewisville Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowrance Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main Street Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meadowlark Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Middle Fork Pre-K Center | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mineral Springs Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moore Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Tabor High School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Hills Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Richmond Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petree Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philo-Hill Magnet Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rural Hall Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherwood Forest Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith Farm Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southeast Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Downtown Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Special Children's School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Transportation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Union Cross Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virtual Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walkertown Middle School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitaker Elementary School | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Currently, EC, Pre-K, Kindergarten to Grade 12 students have the option of in-person learning in WS/FC schools.
Comments submitted by parents have been overwhelmingly concerned about when and how COVID-19 cases in their child's classroom are communicated to families. All readers of our page are encouraged to share their comments on the
Community Pages or anonymously
here. We are open to all points-of-view. We also have a school safety survey available
at this link. Let us know how well your school is communicating and following the key COVID mitigation strategies.
How you can help: All of us want to fully re-open the schools and businesses, but that begins with getting honest information to the community and everyone doing their part. Wear a mask when out and about. Physically distance yourself from others. The more distance, the better. And again, wear an EFFECTIVE mask PROPERLY. I'm looking at you nose.
Let's also put these page views to good use. If you have a local business (in Forsyth County, NC), contact us via the comment box on the bottom of the page. We will post an ad for your business at no charge whatsoever. Let's get back to school and back to business. We can do this!
Take the survey here and let us know how WS/FCS is keeping you informed and safe.
