Mineral County, PSC release COVID statistics
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER - As students of all ages headed back to in-person instruction this week, officials have begun releasing information on how many students and/or staff are reporting positive COVID tests.
On Wednesday, Mineral County superintendent of schools Troy Ravenscroft launched what he said would be a weekly report of all students and employees who are either positive or quarantining because of being exposed to a positive COVID-19 case.
According to his first report, three students are currently positive, while 28 are under quarantine, while five employees have reported positive test results and eight are under quarantine.
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Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday extended a statewide mask order into March as the state continues to face high numbers of coronavirus cases. The order, which has been in place since July, requires face masks in public when interacting within 6 feet with people from another household. The extension pushes the order until 5 p.m. March 5. The Republican governor said wearing a mask is one thing people can do to help slow the spread of the virus. She thanked the people of the state for taking precautions and being willing to take the vaccine. “We’ll get through this thing together,” Ivey said. More than 6,370 people have died from COVID-19 in Alabama, and about 430,000 have tested positive since the pandemic began. State case numbers hit record levels in the wake of winter holidays, but the state has seen recent improvements
Mineral County Board members express frustration with back-to-school directive
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER - Mineral County Board of Education members expressed their frustration with the state board of education Tuesday, saying they still don’t agree that the time was right to return their students and teachers to in-person learning.
After Gov. Jim Justice made the surprise announcement Dec. 30 that students would be returning to class beginning Jan. 19 regardless of their county’s color on the West Virginia DHHR COVID map, the Mineral County board members agreed at their Jan. 5 meeting to make the decision locally on a week-to-week basis.
Mineral County planning for robust summer school program
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER - Realizing that Mineral County’s students have been at a learning disadvantage due to the changes forced upon them by the pandemic, superintendent of schools Troy Ravenscroft said he is planning for a “robust” summer program to help students catch up.
“We know there has been a loss of learning,” Ravenscroft told the Mineral County Board of Education this week. “We have to make that up.”
Ravenscroft said money received through the CARES Act will be used to help beef up the county’s after-school program as soon as students are able to get back in the classroom, as well as the upcoming summer program.