Last week s Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment update on outbreaks of COVID-19 showed a significant drop in newly identified sites, suggesting that the worst might finally be over for retail establishments, health-care centers and other facilities. But no: The latest weekly CDPHE outbreak number is almost double that from just seven days earlier. Moreover, one of the new entries, the Apple Store at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, demonstrates how difficult it is for even the most diligent operations to keep the novel coronavirus at bay indefinitely.
In a November post about COVID-19 safety at malls in Level Red zones, we singled out the Cherry Creek Apple Store as the gold standard for pandemic-era safety: masked staff, monitored access complete with temperatures taken at the door, appointment scheduling, extremely limited capacity and more. If an outlet that s instituted such procedures isn t immune from viral spread, then nowhere is entirely safe and right no
Huntington Ingalls Industries Awards More Than $99,000 in STEM Grants to Gulf Coast Schools Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Newport News, Virginia, UNITED STATES
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has awarded $99,890 in grants to 26 schools and educational organizations in Mississippi and Alabama for science, technology, engineering and math initiatives.
“The educators receiving these awards are innovators and strong advocates for science, technology, engineering and math,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said. “Ingalls remains committed to supporting programs that cultivate talent in these important fields.”
Ingalls has awarded more than $1.2 million for local STEM-related educational projects over the past 13 years.
School district anticipates return to in-person learning
Archuleta School District schools are planning to return to in-person school on Jan. 4, 2021, according to Superintendent Dr. Kym LeBlanc-Esparza’s Friday memo for staff, which was shared with The SUN.
“Today the leadership team and I met to look at the data, study the Toolkit for Returning to In-Person Learning and plan for how we will return from the winter break. The data and the research continues to tell us that schools are some of the safest places. We also know that our students need to be in-person. We have done an amazing job with the last three weeks, but nothing beats being in your classrooms, learning with their peers, from you,” the memo states. “So we are planning to return to in-person school on January 4. We realize that conditions change and there are dynamics that are out of our control. So the leaders will convene for a brief meeting on Thursday December 31, just to be sure our plan
The Florida Department of Health reported 71 new cases of COVID-19 in Volusia County schools and 29 new cases in Flagler County schools last week.
The state has tallied a total of 825 cases in Volusia and Flagler schools a number that includes private school cases between Sept. 6 and Dec. 12. That s 116 more cases than were reported in the previous week.
Differing numbers reported by the different entities have been a problem all year. According to a FAQ on the state s coronavirus update web page, any inconsistencies should be taken up with the district and not the state. The numbers presented by the state are collected by county health departments and through state epidemiological investigations.
High schools in the two districts continue to report the most cases per site. This week, Flagler Palm Coast High reported an additional 10 cases, bringing its total to 41. In Volusia County, DeLand High has the highest number of cases with 31.
Differing numbers reported by the different entities have been a problem all year. According to an FAQ on the state s coronavirus update web page, the inconsistencies should be taken up with the district and not the state. The numbers presented by the state are collected by county health departments and through state epidemiological investigations.
The districts usually report more cases, but the state s report includes a breakdown of how many cases are in each school information the districts have been unwilling to provide. Neither agency is providing information about how many students or staff members are in quarantine. However, last week nearby St. Johns County reported that almost 1,500 students were in quarantine after being expos