COVID-19 Outbreak at MCPS Elementary School - College Gardens ES in Rockville. Still on MSDE Dashboard. The Heights School added to List.

The Maryland Outbreak-Associated Cases in Schools database does not give any details about the COVID-19 outbreak at College Gardens Elementary School in Rockville, but we know that the elementary school is one of the privately run Equity Hubs being sponsored and paid for by MCPS, the Board of Education and Montgomery County Government.  

This is the fourth week this school has been on the Maryland Dashboard.

Who oversees these Equity Hubs? How were these locations selected? Were changes made to the ventilation for these select schools? How are COVID-19 outbreaks in Equity Hubs being supervised and handled? Is this the first outbreak at one of these "hubs" or is this just the first one being reported?

Annapolis Area Christian School Anne Arundel County 3 01/20/21

School of Incarnation Anne Arundel County 3 01/20/21

The Harbour School Anne Arundel County 3 01/20/21

Harlem Park Baltimore City 2 01/20/21

Bais Yaakov Eva Winer High School Baltimore County 37 01/20/21

Bais Yaakov School for Girls Baltimore County 3 01/20/21

Calvert Hall College Preparatory School Baltimore County 7 01/20/21

Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Baltimore County 48 01/20/21

Torah Institute of Baltimore Baltimore County 26 01/20/21

Sunderland Elementary School Calvert County 4 01/20/21

The Young School at Kendall Ridge Howard County 1 01/20/21

College Garden Elementary Montgomery County 2 01/20/21

The Heights School Montgomery County 4 01/20/21

Bishop McNamara High Prince George's County 9 01/20/21

Heritage Academy Washington County 2 01/20/21

Salsbury Christian School Wicomico County 2 01/20/21

As a reminder, the Maryland Dashboard uses the following criteria for reporting COVID-19 cases.  Not all cases are reported, only those that satisfy the following criteria.

  Note: This dataset reflects public and non-public K-12 schools in Maryland that have COVID-19 outbreaks. Data are based on local health department reports to MDH, which may be revised if additional information becomes available. This list does not include child care facilities or institutes of higher education.

Schools listed meet 1 or more of the following criteria:

    1) At least two confirmed COVID-19 cases among students/teachers/staff within a 14-day period and who are epidemiologically linked, but not household contacts; or

    2) Three or more classrooms or cohorts with cases from separate households that meet the classroom/cohort outbreak definition that occurs within 14 days; or

    3) Five percent or more unrelated students/teachers/staff have confirmed COVID-19 within a 14 day period (minimum of 10 unrelated students/teachers/staff).

Cases reported reflect the current total number of cases. Schools are removed from the list when health officials determine 14 days have passed with no new cases and no tests pending. Archival data is available through the COVID-19 open data catalogue.

These data are updated weekly on Wednesdays during the 10 a.m. hour. MDH is continuously evaluating its data and reporting systems and will make updates as more data becomes available.

 https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources