- Kent School District
- COVID-19 Dashboard
COVID-19 Dashboard
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Weekly COVID-19 Cases & School Status Information
The purpose of this data is to provide our community with a transparent summary of all known cases of COVID-19 in the Kent School District.
- Student cases reflect King County Public Health known confirmed cases of COVID-19 in students on campus for limited in-person services. We are not tracking students fully engaged in remote learning.
- Staff cases reflect King County Public Health known confirmed cases of COVID-19 in all staff.
The School Status Map shows the current status of individual KSD schools
We will update this data weekly on Mondays by 6:00 p.m. This dashboard was first published on February 16, 2021, the first school day students returned to campus for limited in-person services in Kent School District.
We continue to monitor COVID activity data published by Public Health - Seattle & King County. View the King County Dashboard to see COVID-19 activity for all cities within the Kent School District boundaries.
Students
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0 KSD students receiving in-person services.
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0 Known confirmed positive COVID-19 cases
in KSD students receiving in-person services.
0.00% of the total student population.
Staff
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3,827 Total number of KSD employees.
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1 Known confirmed positive
COVID-19 case in KSD staff.
0.03% of the total staff population.
Closure Overview
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Remote Learning
Schools providing remote learning only.
Remote Learning Only
The following schools remain in remote learning only. These schools are not offering in-person services at this time.
- Carriage Crest Elementary
- Cedar Heights Middle School
- Cedar Valley Elementary
- Covington Elementary
- Crestwood Elementary
- East Hill Elementary
- Emerald Park Elementary
- George T. Daniel Elementary
- Grass Lake Elementary
- Horizon Elementary
- iGrad
- Jenkins Creek Elementary
- Kent Elementary
- Kent Academy (KMVA/KPA)
- Kent Valley Early Learning Center
- Lake Youngs Elementary
- Martin Sortun Elementary
- Mattson Middle School
- Meadow Ridge Elementary
- Meeker Middle School
- Meridian Elementary
- Meridian Middle School
- Mill Creek Middle School
- Millennium Elementary
- Neely-O'Brien Elementary
- Northwood Middle School
- Panther Lake Elementary
- Park Orchard Elementary
- Ridgewood Elementary
- Sawyer Woods Elementary
- Scenic Hill Elementary
- Soos Creek Elementary
- Springbrook Elementary
- Sunrise Elementary
- The Outreach Program (TOP)
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Open for Childcare
Schools providing YMCA or Champions childcare.
Open for Childcare
The following schools are open only for remote learning childcare offered by YMCA or Champions.
- Fairwood Elementary: Y Leap Academy by YMCA
- Glenridge Elementary: Champions
- Pine Tree Elementary: Y Leap Academy by YMCA
As these programs are run by our community partners and the schools remain closed to our students, Kent School District is not tracking COVID-19 activity for childcare locations.
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Partially Open
Schools providing limited in-person student services.
Partially Open
The following schools are providing limited in-person services to students including athletics.
- Kent-Meridian High School
- Kentlake High School
- Kentridge High School
- Kentwood High School
Click a Location Pin on the Map to View a Specific School's Status
Report COVID-19 Cases
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What to do if Your Student Has Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19
Anyone who has been in close contact with someone with confirmed COVID-19 should:
- Remain home and away from others for 14 days from the last day, they had close contact with the person with COVID-19.
- Monitor for fever, cough, shortness of breath, and other COVID-19 symptoms.
To prepare for the potential of students or staff showing symptoms while at school, all KSD schools and buildings have a response and communication plan in place that includes communication with staff, families, and our local health jurisdiction. Schools will instruct students who are excluded from school due to illness or quarantine how to engage in learning when they are able to return to school.
- Every school and facility has an identified space for isolating ill persons until they can be sent home.
- If a student or staff member develops signs of COVID-19, they will be separated and supervised from a safe distance until they are able to be picked up or can leave the building. Staff caring for ill persons will use appropriate medical grade PPE and have been properly trained to be in the health isolation room. While waiting to leave school or building, the individual with symptoms should wear a cloth face covering or mask if tolerated. The isolation room will be cleaned, disinfected and if possible, the area will also be aired out after the ill person leaves.
COVID-19 Testing
Call your medical provider to be tested or go to a free COVID-19 testing site. If a close contact begins to show symptoms or tests positive for COVID-19 during the 14-day quarantine period, they must follow a new period of isolation based on the CONFIRMED or SUSPECTED guidelines above. Call the King County COVID-19 Call Center for help finding testing sites between 8 AM – 7 PM at 206-477-3977. Interpreters are available.
Tell your school if you or someone in your household tests positive for COVID-19 as soon as possible. If the test result is negative, the close contact still must quarantine for 14 days from exposure.
A negative test does not necessarily mean the person does not have COVID-19. The test result only means that they did not have COVID-19 at the time of testing, and they should continue to monitor for symptoms.
For more information about what to do if you have been a close contact, visit the King County website.
COVID-19 Outbreaks
In schools A COVID-19 outbreak is considered when the following have been met:
- There are two or more laboratory-positive (PCR or antigen) COVID-19 cases among students or staff.
- The cases have a symptom onset within a 14-day period of each other.
- The cases are epidemiologically linked.
- The cases do not share a household.
- The cases are not identified as close contacts of each other in another setting during the investigation.
If two or more laboratory positive (PCR or antigen) COVID-19 cases occur within the group or cohort within a 14- day period during hybrid learning, and this is confirmed by Public Health Seattle King County, we will dismiss the entire classroom for home quarantine for 14 days. Families will be notified via phone, email, text, and website the day of confirmation from public health when reminded the day before the quarantine ends.
At the direction of Public Health Seattle King County, during hybrid learning, KSD will close a school and switch to remote learning for 14 days when:
- 2 or more classrooms are dismissed due to outbreaks in schools with 10 or fewer classrooms.
- 10% or more of classrooms are dismissed due to outbreaks in schools with greater than 10 classrooms.
- School cannot function due to insufficient teaching or support staff.