sps covid-19 data dashboard 2020-2021

Shrewsbury Public Schools

COVID-19 Data Dashboard – as of 4pm June 21, 2021

Please note that the SPS COVID-19 DATA DASHBOARD is no longer being updated as of the end of the school year, June 18, 2021.

Positive Cases Reported Last Week in Full In-Person Model = 0 Positive Cases Cumulative in Hybrid/Full In-Person Models = 446

Cases Reported Last Week Traced to Potential Exposure in School = 0 Cumulative Cases Traced to Potential Exposure in School = 9

School	positive cases reported last week	cumulative positive cases
Parker Road Preschool	0	15
Beal Early Childhood Center	0	9
Calvin Coolidge School	0	39
Floral Street School	0	33
Walter J. Paton School	0	28
Spring Street School	0	23
Sherwood Middle School	0	60
Oak Middle School	0	65
Shrewsbury High School	0	167
District Level	0	7
TOTALS	0	446

Positive Cases Reported Last Week in Remote Model = 0 Positive Cases Cumulative in Remote Model = 40

Data Collection: The Shrewsbury Public Schools, in collaboration with the Central Massachusetts Regional Public Health Alliance (CMRPHA), is providing transparent reporting of positive cases of COVID-19 in our school communities. These cases include both students and staff (per CMRPHA, we have been asked not to specify between students and staff to maintain confidentiality). All cases are also reported to the MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE), which only publicly reports cases present in schools in the hybrid program within a 7-day period of the positive test (and not cases in the all-remote program); the DESE report is on a Thursday-Wednesday basis. Because of quarantines and the nature of the alternating hybrid schedule, many SPS positive cases were not in school during the 7-day window the state uses to include cases in their statistics; therefore, the DESE report shows many fewer cases for SPS than are listed in this dashboard.

Positive Test Protocol: When the district is informed that an individual in the hybrid program has tested positive, school nurses coordinate contact tracing within the school community based upon public health criteria and share findings with CMRPHA officials to confirm whether any individuals are “close contacts.” An individual who tests positive must remain out of school for at least 10 days AND until 24 hours have passed after the last symptoms. A close contact must quarantine and remain out of school for the time prescribed by MA DPH regulations, and is strongly encouraged to be tested.