It's a Miracle! Two @mcps Elementary Schools have ZERO COVID-19!! How did they do it? Are Great Seneca Creek ES and South Lake ES Telling the Truth? Spoiler: No.

 

Take a look at the Montgomery County Public Schools COVID-19 School Dashboard.  Order the school list by cases and scroll on down to the bottom of the list.

Look at that! Two elementary schools haven't had one single case of COVID-19 among staff or students! Great Seneca Creek Elementary ( approximately 538 students) and South Lake Elementary (approximately 790 students) have never reported a single case of COVID-19 among staff or students.  

How can this be?  What's their secret?

Their secret is that they aren't reporting.  The Parents' Coalition has learned that COVID-19 reporting is being suppressed at some schools.  Why would principals and school nurses suppress this information during a pandemic?  

How can school opening/closing decisions be made if the true impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is being suppressed by individual schools?  

COVID-19 Outbreak at Another MCPS Elementary School - Rachel Carson ES. Great Seneca Creek ES and The Heights again on list.

 Previous weekly reports at this link.

Beall Elementary School Allegany County 5 04/21/21

Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore Baltimore City 10 04/21/21

Mount St. Joseph High School Baltimore City 2 04/21/21

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Baltimore City 4 04/21/21

Concordia Preparatory School Baltimore County 9 04/21/21

Eastern Technical High School Baltimore County 5 04/21/21

Golden Ring Middle School Baltimore County 2 04/21/21

Honey Go Elementary School Baltimore County 2 04/21/21

Redeemer Classical Christian School Baltimore County 4 04/21/21

Rosedale Baptist School Baltimore County 3 04/21/21

Sparrow's Point High School Baltimore County 4 04/21/21

St. Paul School for Girls Baltimore County 4 04/21/21

St. Paul's School Baltimore County 3 04/21/21

Talmudical Academy Elementary School Baltimore County 8 04/21/21

The Jemicy School Baltimore County 2 04/21/21

The Odyssey School Baltimore County 5 04/21/21

Towson High School Baltimore County 7 04/21/21

North Caroline High School Caroline County 3 04/21/21

Rising Sun High School Cecil County 2 04/21/21

Mace's Lane Middle School Dorchester County 5 04/21/21

New Market Middle School Frederick County 5 04/21/21

Bel Air Elementary School Harford County 2 04/21/21

Forest Lakes Elementary School Harford County 3 04/21/21

Patterson Mill Middle High School Harford County 3 04/21/21

Fulton Elementary School Howard County 6 04/21/21

Marriotts Ridge High School Howard County 2 04/21/21

River Hill High School Howard County 4 04/21/21

Great Seneca Creek Elementary School Montgomery County 2 04/21/21

Rachel Carson Elementary School Montgomery County 2 04/21/21

The Heights School Montgomery County 3 04/21/21

Centreville Middle School Queen Anne's County 3 04/21/21

Somerset Intermediate School Somerset County 2 04/21/21

Chopticon High School St. Mary's County 3 04/21/21

Boonsboro High School Washington County 16 04/21/21

Broadfording Christian Academy Washington County 2 04/21/21

Eastern Elementary School Washington County 3 04/21/21

Lincolnshire Elementary School Washington County 3 04/21/21

Northern Middle School Washington County 2 04/21/21

Smithsburg High School Washington County 4 04/21/21

South Hagerstown High School Washington County 2 04/21/21

St. Mary Catholic School Washington County 2 04/21/21

Williamsport High School Washington County 22 04/21/21

Stephen Decatur High School Worcester County 24 04/21/21

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

COVID-19 Outbreak at Another MCPS Elementary School - Great Seneca Creek ES. Lady of Lourdes and The Heights again on list.

Previous weekly reports at this link.

 Beall Elementary School Allegany County 5 04/13/21

St. John the Evangelist School Anne Arundel County 6 04/13/21

Archbishop Curley High School Baltimore City 2 04/13/21

Boys' Latin School of Maryland Baltimore City 4 04/13/21

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Baltimore City 2 04/13/21

Bais Yaakov Eva Winer High School Baltimore County 9 04/13/21

Calvert Hall College High School Baltimore County 6 04/13/21

Catonsville High School Baltimore County 2 04/13/21

Concordia Preparatory School Baltimore County 4 04/13/21

Eastern Technical High School Baltimore County 3 04/13/21

McDonogh School Baltimore County 3 04/13/21

Talmudical Academy Elementary School Baltimore County 7 04/13/21

The Odyssey School Baltimore County 5 04/13/21

North Caroline High School Caroline County 3 04/13/21

Century High School Carroll County 3 04/13/21

Rising Sun High School Cecil County 2 04/13/21

Mace's Lane Middle School Dorchester County 3 04/13/21

North Dorchester Middle School Dorchester County 2 04/13/21

Walkersville High School Frederick County 6 04/13/21

Forest Lakes Elementary School Harford County 3 04/13/21

Patterson Mill Middle High School Harford County 3 04/13/21

Bellows Spring Elementary School Howard County 3 04/13/21

Fulton Elementary School Howard County 5 04/13/21

Howard High School Howard County 2 04/13/21

Marriotts Ridge High School Howard County 2 04/13/21

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Howard County 2 04/13/21

Talbott Springs Elementary School Howard County 4 04/13/21

Great Seneca Creek Elementary School Montgomery County 2 04/13/21

Our Lady of Lourdes School Montgomery County 3 04/13/21

The Heights School Montgomery County 2 04/13/21

Somerset Intermediate School Somerset County 2 04/13/21

Chopticon High School St. Mary's County 2 04/13/21

Great Mills High School St. Mary's County 2 04/13/21

Boonsboro High School Washington County 14 04/13/21

Eastern Elementary School Washington County 3 04/13/21

Laurel Hall School Washington County 2 04/13/21

Smithsburg High School Washington County 2 04/13/21

Springfield Middle School Washington County 2 04/13/21

St. Mary School Washington County 2 04/13/21

Williamsport High School Washington County 18 04/13/21

Stephen Decatur High School Worcester County 5 04/13/21

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