Coronavirus in Tampa Bay schools: a weekly update
The number of reported cases is approaching 10,000 since August, but this week showed a slowdown.
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Students wearing masks take their seats in this image from a Pinellas County Schools video at the start of the school year. To date, there have been more than 2,500 student and staff cases of coronavirus in the district, and close to 10,000 in the four-county Tampa Bay area. [ Pinellas County Schools ]
Published Feb. 6
Coronavirus case counts in Tampa Bay area schools continue to hold steady and are even slowing down compared to the levels reported in January. Those trends vary from county to county and from school to school.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now 2 months ago | DailyTrib.com Burnet Consolidated Independent School District teachers of the year are (top, from left) Stacey Snyder of Bertram Elementary School, Tami Laws of Shady Grove Elementary School, Christina Carmichael of R.J. Richey Elementary School, (bottom, from left) Shelly Townsend of Burnet Middle School, Diane Woods of Burnet High School, and Holly Bauer of Quest High School. Photos courtesy of BCISD
The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District has announced its campus teachers of the year for 2020-21.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now 3 months ago | DailyTrib.com Burnet Consolidated Independent School District named Jennifer Stewart the Burnet Middle School interim principal. Courtesy photo
The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District has named Jennifer Stewart interim principal at Burnet Middle School.
Stewart will take over the role Jan. 5. Students return to campus Jan. 6 from Christmas break.
She steps in after the passing of Principal Jeremy LeJeune, who died Dec. 6.
“Jennifer’s knowledge of middle school and her servant’s heart makes her the perfect candidate to serve as interim principal at Burnet Middle School as she supports students and staff during the spring semester,” stated BCISD Superintendent Keith McBurnett in a