School districts across Indiana are reporting the highest number of staff and student COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.
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The number of Indiana counties at or approaching high risk for community spread of COVID-19 is surging as an especially contagious coronavirus variant spreads.
In the first eight days of classes, 461 students were quarantined. The district hopes a mask mandate will reduce the number of students who have to be quarantined.