Breaking: Tecumseh schools’ vote to arm staff delayed to January; issue surprises teachers

Coronavirus: Clark, Champaign school district cases drop back below 150

Students and staff at Springfield High School held a blood drive for the Community Blood Center last week. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

Students and staff at Springfield High School held a blood drive for the Community Blood Center last week. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
News
By Brooke Spurlock
Jan 25, 2021
X

Ten Clark County and two Champaign County school districts reported new cases of COVID-19, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s COVID-19 school district dashboard’s latest update.

In total, 144 students and staff cases were reported between the two counties on Thursday, a slight decrease from last week’s total of 198 that was recorded from the week of Jan. 5-11.

ExploreSee school cases from last week

The school districts that reported student and staff cases are as follow:

Clark-Shawnee: nine students, two staff

Cliff Park High School: two students

Global Impact STEM Academy: five students

Graham: 22 students, 17 staff

Greenon: four students, two staff

Northeastern: eight students, three staff

Northwestern: five students

Southeastern: one student, one staff

Springfield: 14 students, 12 staff

Springfield CTC: four students

Tecumseh: eight students, four staff

Triad: nine students, 12 staff

Cases reported on the dashboard lag one week, meaning cases reported on Thursday were from the week of Jan. 11-18.

The dashboard tracks cases of COVID-19 in all public and private K-12 schools across the state. Data displayed on the board includes all student and staff cases broken into two categories: new and cumulative. The board is updated every Thursday.

In Other News
1
Tecumseh schools’ vote to arm staff delayed to January; issue surprises...
2
No injuries reported in German Twp. fire
3
Haitian Community Alliance, NDL radio promoting reading at Saturday...
4
Historical marker at Antioch College to honor Twilight Zone creator Rod...
5
What’s happening this weekend: Urbana spotlight, Christmas events...

About the Author

Follow Brooke Spurlock on facebookFollow Brooke Spurlock on twitter

Brooke Spurlock covers education and crime in Clark and Champaign counties as a journalist for the Springfield News-Sun. She has been a writer for a few years, which includes her previous work as a breaking news desk investigator. Spurlock has her BA in mass communications with a minor in psychology and her AAS in paralegal.