Coronavirus-COVID-19 updates

POWAY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT COVID-19 DASHBOARD

All confirmed positive COVID-19 incidents related to Poway Unified school sites and offices will be posted to this page. For the purposes of this dashboard, PUSD is distinguishing between school-based cases and community-based cases. Starting in December, we will have two separate columns for every month in the table below:

• "S.B." School-Based cases: 

​a. school-based cases will potentially impact individuals' health and wellness at our school or office because there may be site-related exposure OR a positive case was on campus during an infectious period
b. a school-based case MAY cause classroom closure or other precatuionary measures
c. we will follow the San Diego County Office of Eduction Decision Tree and Guidelines around isolating and notifying close contacts, as needed
 

• Known "C.B." Community-Based cases:

a. community-based cases DO NOT impact individuals' health and wellness at our school or office because no one at the site was in close contact with the positive individual during the infectious period. Per the CDC definition, this means no one at the site was within 6 feet of the infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the time the patient was isolated
b. this dashboard will include all known community-based cases related to PUSD; this dashboard may not reflect all community-based cases involving our staff and students because PUSD relies on notification from public health or self-reporting from staff or families
c. we will follow the San Diego County Office of Education Decision Tree and Guidelines around isolating the positive case, as needed
 

The Dashboard is updated at least once a week and when we are notified of confirmed cases.

*Important Note: PUSD does not wait to notify close contacts upon initial report of a positive case. However, we do wait for official confirmation from the public health department before listing the case on this dashboard. This could result in a delay of cases appearing on this dashboard or a discrepancy between the number of notifications received and actual number of confirmed cases (when the case is not confirmed positive by public health). 

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PUSD CONFIRMED CASES (S.B. = school-based; C.B. = community-based)

School/Site Name	Number of students & staff on campus**	Jun - Sep '20 S.B.	Oct '20 S.B.	Nov '20 S.B.	Dec '20 S.B.	Dec '20 C.B.	Jan ’21 S.B.	Jan ’21 C.B.	Feb '21 S.B.	Feb '21 C.B.
District Office-Avenue of Science	134	2		1	2	2	2
District Office-Twin Peaks Ctr	303		1	1	2	1	4	7	1	1
Elementary Schools
Adobe Bluffs	333	1	2		2			2	1
Canyon View	357					1		2	1	2
Chaparral	606			6	2	4		2	2	3
Creekside	414	1			5	1	1	4	2	2
Deer Canyon	313		2	1	2	3		3
Del Sur	712				3	5			1	4
Design39Campus	542			3	6	1	1	2		1
Garden Road	426			2				3
Highland Ranch	466	2			1			4
Los Penasquitos	352			1		2		2	1	2
Midland	514				1			7
Monterey Ridge	479		1	2	2	2		6		1
Morning Creek	433		1	1	2			3
Painted Rock	490			2		3		4	1	2
Park Village	387		2					1		1
Pomerado	295			1	1	3			3	2
Rolling Hills	359	1		2	3	3	1	3	1
Shoal Creek	337		1	2	3			1
Stone Ranch	517				6			10		1
Sundance	298			1	1			4	1
Sunset Hills	343				1	2		4
Tierra Bonita	333						1	3
Turtleback	399				1	2			1	2
Valley	527		3		5		1	13	1	4
Westwood	531			1	2			4		2
Willow Grove	552	1			1	4		2	2	1
Middle School
Bernardo Heights	109			1				3		2
Black Mountain	127				5			8
Meadowbrook	80			1		1	1	9		2
Mesa Verde	211				2	1		3		2
Oak Valley	70						2	5		3
Twin Peaks	93			1	1		2	6		2
High Schools
Abraxas	247			2		2		5		1
Del Norte	255				2	2	1	7	1	1
Mt. Carmel	164				4	3	2	11		2
Poway	279		1		4		2	4	3	2
Rancho Bernardo	211			3			1	3		5
Westview	320				3	2	1	11		2
TOTAL	13,918	8	14	35	75	50	23	171	23	55
Last updated: 2/22/2021	**these numbers may fluctuate and will be updated as needed

CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCHOOL CLOSURE 

What are the criteria for closing a school to in-person learning? Individual school closure, in which all students and staff are not on campus, is recommended based on the number of cases and stable groups impacted, which suggest that active in-school transmission is occurring. Closure should be done in consultation with the local health office. Situations that may indicate the need for school closure: 

• Within a 14-day period, an outbreak* has occurred in 25% or more stable groups in the school. 

• Within a 14-day period, at least three outbreaks have occurred in the school AND more than 5% of the school population is infected. 

• The LHO may also determine school closure is warranted for other reasons, including results from public health investigation or other local epidemiological data. 

 

*an outbreak is defined as: at least three probable or confirmed COVID-19 cases within a 14-day period in people who are epidemiologically-linked† in the setting, are from different households, and are not identified as close contacts‡ of each other in any other case investigation.

Length of closure: 14 days, or according to a decision made in consultation with the local health office. The State Safe Schools for All Technical Assistance teams (TA teams), comprised of experts across multiple state agencies, will be available to assist schools with disease investigation for those with outbreaks that cannot find resources to investigate the outbreaks. The TA teams will also be available to help schools that close in order to identify and address any remediable safety issues. 

 

If a school is closed, when may it reopen? Schools may typically reopen after 14 days and if the following have occurred: 

• Cleaning and disinfection 

• Public health investigation 

• Consultation with the local health department 

 

What are the criteria for closing a LEA (local educational agency) aka school district? A school district should close if 25% or more of schools in a district have closed due to COVID-19 within a 14-day period and in consultation with the local health department. 

 

If a school district is closed, when may it reopen? School districts may typically reopen after 14 days, in consultation with the local health department.   

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