Exclusive: MCPS Knows of 61 Staff that have Tested Positive for COVID-19

The Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland filed a Maryland Public Information Act request with Montgomery County Public Schools for the following information:

the number of MCPS staff that have tested positive

 for the COVID-19 virus this year

In response to that request, we were informed that 61 MCPS staff members have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.  This number is as of September 10, 2020.  

We filed this request after receiving information from community members about positive COVID-19 tests from MCPS staff currently working in MCPS buildings.  Our MPIA request was to obtain confirmation of the information we were receiving from the community.

Note that this is a list for a time when students were not using the buildings for public school classes. The buildings were being used by maintenance staff, administrators, food service staff, and the community (for example, cooling centers, day care centers). 

We do not know if this number includes all MCPS staff that have tested positive for COVID-19 since March 2020 or just MCPS staff still working in MCPS buildings.