New COVID-19 infections reported at two Manatee County schools
Two more COVID-19 infections reported by schools in the Manatee County School District on Monday. A total of 33 people are in quarantine because they were exposed to the infected people.
The district listed on its website new cases at Bayshore Elementary, where an employee was found to have COVID-19, and at Braden River Middle School, where a student is ill.
Twenty-six people were exposed at Bayshore and are in quarantine. Seven people at Braden River were quarantined., according to the school district.
It was the second case at Bayshore since the start of the school year, Aug. 17, and the fifth at Braden River. Among traditional K-12 campuses in the district, Braden River Middle is tied with Manatee High School and Tara Elementary School for having the most students and/or employees who have tested positive for COVID-19.
When people are exposed to COVID-19, meaning they stayed within six feet of an infected person for more than 15 minutes, the exposed employees and students are forced to quarantine for 14 days.
Districtwide, 78 students and employees have been infected with the novel coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease, since the start of the school year. A total of 1,006 people have had to quarantine after they were exposed to one of the infected people, according to the school district.
Here is the breakdown by school:
- Abel Elementary: 18 exposures and two positive employees between reports on Sep. 8 and Sep. 15.
Ballard Elementary: 29 exposures, one positive student and one positive employee between reports on Aug. 18 and Aug. 31.
Bashaw Elementary: 25 people quarantined after exposure to one student, Sep. 9.
Bayshore Elementary: 29 exposures after exposures to two employees between reports on Aug. 20 and Sept. 28.
Bayshore High: one person quarantined after exposure to one student, Sep. 21.
Blackburn Elementary: 12 people quarantined after exposure to two students, Aug. 24.
Braden River High: 18 exposures and five positive students between reports on Sep. 4, Sep. 9, Sep. 16
Braden River Middle: 24 exposures, one positive employee and four positive students between reports on Sep. 2, Sept. 8, Sept. 10 and Sept. 28.
Buffalo Creek Middle: two people quarantined after exposure to one student, Sep. 18.
Daughtrey Elementary: no exposures to one positive employee, Sep. 22.
Freedom Elementary: four people quarantined after exposures to one student, Sept. 23
Gullett Elementary: 16 people quarantined after exposure to one student, Aug. 25.
Harvey Elementary: 100 exposures, one positive employee and three positive students between reports on Sep. 2, Sep. 8 and Sep. 15.
Johnson K-8: Ten people quarantined after exposure to one student, Sep. 11.
Lakewood Ranch High: 32 people quarantined, two positive employees and one positive student between reports on Aug. 31 and Sep. 18.
Lee Middle: two people quarantined after exposure to one employee, Sep. 4.
Lincoln Memorial Academy: 27 people quarantined after exposure to one student, Aug. 21.
Manatee High: 75 exposures, three positive students and two positive employees between reports on Aug. 21, Aug. 25, Sep. 2 and Sep. 15.
Manatee Technical College, all campuses: nine people quarantined after exposure to five employees, Aug. 19.
McNeal Elementary: no exposures to one positive employee and one positive student between reports on Sep. 18 and Sep. 21.
Mills Elementary: 14 people quarantined after exposure to one student, Sep. 3.
Moody Elementary: 32 people quarantined after exposure to one student, Aug. 21.
Nolan Middle: 45 exposures, one positive student and one positive employee between reports on Aug. 31 and Sep. 1.
Palm View K-8: no exposures to one positive employee, Sep. 18.
Palma Sola Elementary: 38 exposures, one positive employee and two positive students between reports on Aug. 25, Aug. 26 and Sep. 17.
Palmetto Elementary: 32 exposures, two positive students and one positive employee between reports on Aug. 25, Sep. 14 and Sep. 22.
Palmetto High: 179 exposures and three positive employees between reports on Aug. 27, Aug. 31 and Sept. 23.
Parrish Community High: 13 exposures and three positive students between reports on Aug. 18, Sep. 8 and Sep. 16.
Prine Elementary: three people quarantined after exposure to one student, Sep. 8.
Samoset Elementary: 38 people quarantined after exposure to two students, Aug. 26.
Southeast High: 31 exposures, one positive student and two positive employees between reports on Sep. 4, Sep. 8 and Sep. 15.
Sugg Middle: no exposures to one positive student, Aug. 20.
Tara Elementary: 53 exposures and five positive students between reports on Aug. 19, Sep. 11, Sept. 24 and Sept. 25.
Williams Elementary: 73 exposures, two positive employees and one positive student between reports on Aug. 18, Aug. 31 and Sep. 4.
Willis Elementary: eight people quarantined after exposure to one student, Aug. 21.
Witt Elementary: 18 people quarantined after exposure to one student, Sep. 16.
This story was originally published September 28, 2020 at 5:05 PM.