Sarasota students wonât be cutting loose after school district approves senior prom, bans dancing
Kimberly Kuizon reports
SARASOTA, Fla. - For high school seniors in Sarasota County, prom will look and feel different.
For one thing, only seniors will be allowed. And just like the movie Footloose, no dancing will be permitted. I was really looking forward to my senior dance, lamented student Megan Duffy. I don’t think it would be as fun as it happened in the past, said Sarasota High School junior Alyssa Avalos. Knowing that we do have a prom is a good thing, but knowing the circumstances of it, it does suck, offered SHS senior Emilise Avendano.
Florida Department of Health
State health officials reported 3,312 new COVID-19 cases, Monday, for a total 1,948,307 infections. The Florida Department of Health also reported 81 coronavirus-related deaths March 8, increasing the statewide death toll to 32,349 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic.
The latest single-day positivity rate reported by the Florida Division of Emergency Management increased to 8.66% on Sunday. Over the past two weeks the single-day positivity rate has ranged between 6.64% and 9.84%.
The Agency for Health Care Administration reports that as of Tuesday morning the number of patients admitted to hospitals throughout the state with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 has dropped to 3,321.
SARASOTA – Florida Blue and Sarasota Memorial Health Care System are at a crossroads in contract negotiations that could ultimately result in Sarasota County’s public hospital and doctors affiliated with First Physicians Group becoming out-of-network providers.
Florida Blue sent letters to more than 15,000 members in the Sarasota-Manatee County area Tuesday, alerting them that their contract with Sarasota Memorial will technically end April 1.
On Wednesday, both sides indicated that the contract may be extended 90 days, through the end of June, based on what is currently, at least according to Sarasota Memorial, a verbal agreement.
Florida Blue spokeswoman Christie DeNave characterized negotiations as an ongoing discussion.
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