COVID-19 activity within the Carroll Community School District (CCSD) closely resembles the numbers from this same time a year ago, according to Superintendent, Dr. Casey Berlau. Data published Tuesday by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) shows Carroll County’s 14-day positivity rate was 12.3 percent and 16 percent for the seven-day rate. He explains how those numbers are reflected in the school-age population.
Berlau adds many of their student absences are within the middle school.
Several board members noted they had received multiple emails and questions from parents inquiring about changes to the district’s COVID-19 management plan, specifically regarding mask mandates. Berlau says that is not something they are considering at this time.
He adds the board does have the option to change their position on masks if absences climb to unsustainable levels and the state’s appeal of a federal judge’s ruling to put a stay on Iowa’s ban on mask mandates in schools is not successful.
