The board had time to discuss the motion and hear from the public.
The motion carried and resulted in a unanimous vote in favor of bringing students back to school for full school weeks.
Parents in the CoMo Parents for In-Seat School Facebook group said this decision has been a long time coming. CPS parent John Potter said he can finally get back to work and bring home his standard income. When my three children had to be at home, I had to stay home from work, Potter said. I m also not qualified to be a teacher. I work in construction so I did what I could to help my kids learn, but the more time they spent away from their teachers, I could tell they struggled more with their overall learning.
6:00 p.m.: Cole County adds 31 new positive cases
The Cole County Health Department will now show positive case totals by day, which reflects the date the specimen was collected instead of the date the results were received by the Health Department.
This change will cause a delay in the daily totals being reported for the current day. The county is also no longer reporting active or isolated cases.
As of Wednesday, there have been 7151 cases in Cole County, an increase of 31 cases since Tuesday. There have been 263 cases in long-term care facilities.
Thirty-one new positive cases were reported Wednesday. In the updated graph below, you can see the number of cases added by specimen collection date for the month of January thus far.