Despite years of problem-solving efforts, hundreds remain on child care waitlists across Summit County. While the rollout of universal preschool at the start of the 2023-24 school year helped some families with 3- and 4-year-olds.
A list of child care centers and schools that El Paso County Public Health and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have identified with having outbreaks of coronavirus.
Chinook Trail Middle School Colorado College Campus Wide Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Colorado Springs Charter Academy Resolved investigation status Columbia Elementary School Coronado High School
CPCD Modular Falcon 1 Resolved investigation status Discovery Canyon Campus (Elementary, Middle and High School) Eagleview Middle School Early Connections Learning Centers at Antlers Child Care Center
Early Connections Learning Centers at the Day Nursery Child Care Center Resolved investigation status
Eastlake High School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Elementary School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Middle School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Senior High School Resolved investigation status
Evangelical Christian Academy Resolved investigation status
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