To date, WOPS has reported 510 cases among its student body.
Holland Christian had no new cases reported over the weekend, according to it’s dashboard update Monday. The number of active cases dropped to four students. The cumulative case count remains 121 students and 25 staff members.
Hope College reported just one new case of COVID-19 for the week of May 3 to May 9, which was exam week. The college administered 945 tests with just one positive, resulting in a 0.1 percent positive rate last week.
For the semester as a whole, Hope reported 339 student positives among 16,097 tests for a positive rate of 2.1 percent.
Grand Valley State University reported 40 active cases in an update Monday. Of those, 20 were students living off campus in Ottawa County and 11 living off campus in Kent County. The seven-day average for new cases per day in the GVSU community was down to 4.71 per day.
Three area schools were added to the state’s School-Related Outbreak Report on Monday, May 3.
Holland’s Jefferson Elementary, Holland Christian’s South Side Elementary, and Fennville High School were added to the report. The three schools were listed as having two linked student cases, the minimum number required to be considered an outbreak.
Holland Public Schools acknowledged Jefferson would be added to the report in a district update Friday.
HPS reported 17 total active cases of COVID-19 in the district, which included eight cases at Holland High and four at Holland Language Academy. To date, there have been 198 student and 49 staff cases in the district.
A local elementary school was added to the state’s School-Related Outbreak Report this week, the first in the area to be added since schools returned from spring break.
West Ottawa’s Pine Creek Elementary was added Monday, April 26, with a COVID-19 outbreak of two cases, the minimum to make the report.
The state defines an outbreak as two or more linked cases who may have shared exposure on school grounds and are from different households.
West Ottawa reported 34 active cases in its weekly update Monday morning, down from more than 40 last week. The active cases included 10 at West Ottawa High School.
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Local schools differ on remote learning recommendation
Area districts are taking different approaches learning at the high school level following a recommendation last week from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to shift high schools to remote learning.
With COVID-19 cases, hospitalization and positivity rate rising across the state, Whitmer recommended high schools shift to remote learning for two weeks, but did not require such a move.
Approaches from local schools range from adhering to the recommendation and shifting online for two weeks, opting for remote learning for one week, or staying in-person for the time being.
Holland and Black River both announced Friday afternoon they would switch to remote learning for two weeks. Black River also shifted middle school students to remote learning because staff members teach at both the middle and high school levels.