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Local schools balance in-person classes, COVID All three Miami County school corporations are in session but are dealing with a surge of COVID cases in the classroom. Peru Schools and North Miami Schools have continued with in person classes. On Aug. 13, Maconaquah High School announced they were moving to eLearning Aug. 16-20. Extra-curricular activities for the high school were cancelled for that week. Students then returned to in-person learning Aug. 23. Pipe Creek Elementary, Maconaquah Elementary and Maconaquah Middle school remained open as their COVID numbers were low. The percentage of students out due to positive cases and close contact was at 46% at MHS. Then Aug. 17, Maconaquah School Corporation announced they would move to remote learning beginning Aug. 18. Remote learning would run through Aug. 27 with in-person learning to begin Aug. 30. All extra-curricular activities were cancelled during remote learning. The corporation gave the following COVID numbers they were experiencing, to let the public know why the decision was made to close in-person learning: “Pipe Creek - Two positive staff members; one positive student; 34% absentee rate; Maconaquah Elementary School - Seven positive staff members; fourteen positive students; 38% absenteeism rate, Maconaquah Middle School Twenty-six positive students; Two positive staff members; 47% absentee rate; Maconaquah High School - Thirty-five positive students; Two positive staff members; 64.5% absentee rate; Maconaquah Transportation Staff -seven positive bus drivers. After the Maconaquah School Board met on Aug. 25, the corporation made the following announcement: “Last night, Maconaquah School Board voted 6-1 to amend the current COVID-19 guidelines for the corporation. This change will require all students and staff to wear a face covering while on campus. The face coverings are required indoors, not outdoors when you can socially distance. The goal in requiring masks is to keep more students in school by cutting down the contact tracing distance from 6 feet to 3 feet. As currently required by federal law, face coverings will still be required on buses. Disposable masks will be available for any person that cannot provide their own. As was the case last year, personal face coverings will be allowed as long as they are school appropriate
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and fit over the mouth and nose properly. The School Board and the Superintendent will be reviewing COVID-19 data within the corporation on a weekly basis, and will keep the COVID19 guidelines fluid, allowing changes as COVID numbers fluctuate. We will continue to update our patrons on any changes that might be made to the rules and regulations regarding COVID-19 at Maconaquah. We ask that any parent with questions, contact your building Principal, our corporation Superintendent, or your local School Board Member. Miami County Schools struggled to keep student in the classroom during the 2020-21 school year. All three corporations are working to keep
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students in the classroom for the 2021-22 school year. According to the IN.gov website, here are the COVID statistics for North Miami, Maconaquah and Peru School corporations as of Aug. 25: North Miami Elementary <5 New Student Positive Cases (11 Total) 0 New Teacher Positive Cases (7 Total) 0 New Staff Positive Cases (6 Total) North Miami Middle/High School 0 New Student Positive Cases (28 Total) 0 New Teacher Positive Cases (0 Total) See COVID, Page 2