18 new COVID-19 cases found in Manatee County schools. 234 people sent into quarantine

Eighteen new cases of COVID-19 — including 17 students at 10 campuses — were reported in the Manatee County School District on Monday, a week after schools reopened after the Thanksgiving break. As a result, more than 230 students and staff were sent into two-week quarantines.

The 18 infections and 234 quarantines were the second-highest daily counts in both categories since the start of classes on Aug. 17. The highest numbers — 21 infections and 279 quarantines — were reported Nov. 16.

The new infections and quarantines reported Monday were at:

• Bashaw Elementary School: Two positive students and 12 exposures.
• Bayshore Elementary School: One positive student and 52 exposures.
• Braden River High School: One positive student and four exposures.
• Braden River Middle School: One positive student and five exposures.
• Daughtrey Elementary School: One positive student and 18 exposures.
• Johnson K-8 School: Two positive students and 19 exposures.
• King Middle School: Two positive students and 16 exposures.
• Lakewood Ranch High School: Four positive students and 64 exposures.
• Palmetto High School: Two positive students and 16 exposures.
• Prine Elementary School: One positive employee and 11 exposures.
• Sea Breeze Elementary School: One positive student and 17 exposures.

As of Monday evening, the district has reported 321 cases and at least 3,513 related exposures since the start of classes on Aug. 17:

● Abel Elementary: 98 exposures, five positive employees and one positive student between reports on Sep. 8, Sep. 15, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, Nov. 30 and Dec. 2.

● Anna Maria Elementary: five people exposed to one positive student, Nov. 5.

● Ballard Elementary: 29 exposures, one positive student and one positive employee between reports on Aug. 18 and Aug. 31.

● Bashaw Elementary: 37 people quarantined after exposure to three students between reports on Sept. 9. and Dec. 7.

● Bayshore Elementary: 120 exposures, three positive employees and three positive students between reports on Aug. 20, Sept. 28, Oct. 19, Oct. 20, Nov. 16 and Dec. 7

● Bayshore High: 21 exposures, six positive students and one positive employee between reports on Sep. 21, Oct. 26, Oct. 27, Oct. 30, Nov. 2, Nov. 13 and Nov. 16.

● Blackburn Elementary: 46 exposures and four positive students between reports on Aug. 24 and Nov. 10.

● Braden River Elementary: 49 exposures and five positive employees between reports on Nov. 5, Nov. 13, Nov. 16, Nov. 18 and Nov. 19.

● Braden River High: 104 exposures, 16 positive students and two positive employees between reports on Sept. 4, Sept. 9, Sept. 16, Oct. 7, Oct. 8, Oct. 12, Oct. 14, Oct. 16, Oct. 20, Oct. 21, Oct. 27, Oct. 29, Nov. 2, Nov. 16, Nov. 17 and Dec. 7.

● Braden River Middle: 63 exposures, two positive employees and nine positive students between reports on Sept. 2, Setp. 8, Sept. 10, Sept. 28, Oct. 30, Nov. 16, Dec. 2, Dec. 4 and Dec. 7.

● Buffalo Creek Middle: 45 exposures and five positive students between reports on Sep. 18, Oct. 12, Oct. 23, Nov. 17 and Nov. 30.

● Daughtrey Elementary: 58 exposures, two positive employees and two positive students between reports on Sept. 22, Oct. 19, Nov. 3 and Dec. 7.

● Freedom Elementary: 57 exposures, three positive students and two positive employees between reports on Sep. 23, Oct. 7, Nov 16 and Nov. 20.

● Gullett Elementary: 22 exposures and two positive students between reports on Aug. 25 and Oct. 29.

● Haile Middle: 15 exposures and four positive students between reports on Oct. 7, Oct. 16 and Nov. 18.

● Harvey Elementary: 115 exposures, three positive employees and four positive students between reports on Sep. 2, Sep. 8, Sep. 15, Oct. 19, Nov. 10 and Nov. 13.

● Jain Middle: 44 exposures, two positive students and one positive employee between reports on Oct. 8, Oct. 30 and Nov. 18.

● Johnson K-8: 29 people exposed to two positive students between reports on Sept. 11 and Dec. 7.

● King Middle: 42 exposures, three positive students and one positive employee between reports on Oct. 27, Nov. 19 and Dec. 7.

● Kinnan Elementary: 18 people exposed to one positive employee, Nov. 5.

● Lakewood Ranch High: 191 exposures, five positive employees and 25 positive students between reports on Aug. 31, Sep. 18, Oct. 6, Oct. 7, Oct. 8, Oct. 12, Oct. 13, Oct. 15, Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Oct. 27, Oct. 28, Oct. 29, Oct. 30, Nov. 2, Nov. 13, Nov. 18, Nov. 30, Dec. 2 and Dec. 7.

● Lee Middle: four exposures, one positive student and three positive employees between reports on Sep. 4, Oct. 14, Oct. 21 and Oct. 27.

● Lincoln Memorial Academy: 50 exposures, two positive students and one positive employee between reports on Aug. 21, Oct. 16 and Nov. 6.

● Manatee Elementary: 20 people exposed to one positive student, Nov. 30.

● Manatee High: 295 exposures, 19 positive students and four positive employees between reports on Aug. 21, Aug. 25, Sep. 2, Sep. 15, Oct. 2, Oct. 13, Oct. 16, Oct. 22, Oct. 26, Oct. 29, Nov. 2, Nov. 10, Nov. 16, Nov. 17, Dec. 3 and Dec. 4.

● Manatee Technical College, all campuses: 51 exposures, six positive employees and six positive students between reports on Aug. 19, Oct. 13, Nov. 3, Nov. 5, Nov. 9 and Nov. 10 and Nov. 18.

● Matzke Support Center: 14 exposures and three positive employees between reports on Oct. 16, Oct. 26 and Nov. 30.

● Myakka City Elementary: no exposures after one student tested positive, Oct. 29.

● McNeal Elementary: 47 exposures, two positive employees and three positive students between reports on Sep. 18, Sep. 21, Nov. 9, Nov. 16 and Nov. 18.

● Miller Elementary: 39 exposures and two positive students between reports on Oct. 15 and Nov. 16.

● Mills Elementary: 62 exposures, five positive students and one positive employee between reports on Sep. 3, Oct. 22, Oct. 27 and Oct. 29.

● Moody Elementary: 123 quarantines, three positive employees and three positive students between reports on Aug. 21, Oct. 6, Oct. 28, Oct. 29, Nov. 2 and Nov. 30.

● Nolan Middle: 134 exposures, five positive students and one positive employee between reports on Aug. 31, Sep. 1, Oct. 2, Nov. 12, Nov. 13 and Nov. 16.

● Oneco Elementary: 14 people exposed to one positive student, Nov. 16.

● Palm View K-8: 156 exposures, three positive employees and seven positive students between reports on Sep. 18, Oct. 13, Oct. 26, Oct. 27, Nov. 16 and Nov. 20.

● Palma Sola Elementary: 49 exposures, one positive employee and five positive students between reports on Aug. 25, Aug. 26 and Sep. 17 and Dec. 2.

● Palmetto Elementary: 126 exposures, seven positive students and three positive employees between reports on Aug. 25, Sep. 14, Oct. 16, Oct. 30, Nov. 13 and Nov. 16.

● Palmetto High: 284 exposures, six positive employees and 12 positive students between reports on Aug. 27 Aug. 31, Sep. 23, Oct. 8, Oct. 14, Oct. 19, Oct. 20, Oct. 21, Oct. 22, Oct. 28, Oct. 29, Oct. 30, Nov. 17, Nov. 20, Nov. 30, Dec. 4 and Dec. 7.

● Parrish Community High: 137 exposures and 13 positive students between reports on Aug. 18, Sep. 8, Sep. 16, Oct. 7, Oct. 12, Oct. 23, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Nov. 12, Nov. 13, Nov. 16 and Nov. 18.

● Prine Elementary: 28 exposures, one positive student and four positive employees between reports on Sept. 8, Oct. 9, Oct. 19, Oct. 21 and Dec. 7.

● Professional Support Center: five exposures and three positive employees between reports on Oct. 27 and Oct. 29.

● Rogers-Garden Bullock Elementary: 33 people exposed to one positive employee and one positive student, Nov. 16.

● Samoset Elementary: 114 exposures, seven positive students and three positive employees between reports on Aug. 26, Oct. 19, Oct. 21, Oct. 26, Nov. 6 and Nov. 18.

● Sea Breeze Elementary: 19 exposures, two positive students and one positive employee between reports on Oct. 16, Oct. 19 and Dec. 7.

● Southeast High: 59 exposures, six positive students and two positive employees between reports on Sep. 4, Sep. 8, Sep. 15, Nov. 9, Nov. 17 and Dec. 4.

● Stewart Elementary: eight exposures, one positive student and one positive employee between reports on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.

● Sugg Middle: 10 exposures and two positive students between reports on Aug. 20 and Nov. 3. (On Oct. 16, the school district reported 33 exposures but did not say how many students and/or employees had COVID-19.)

● Tara Elementary: 105 exposures, one positive employee and six positive students between reports on Aug. 19 Sep. 11, Sep. 24, Sep. 25, Nov. 10 and Nov. 30.

● Tillman Elementary: 66 exposures to one positive employee, Oct. 19.

● Wakeland Support Center: one person exposed to one positive employee, Nov. 5.

● Williams Elementary: 91 exposures, two positive employees and three positive students between reports on Aug. 18, Aug. 31, Sep. 4, Oct. 29 and Nov. 20.

● Willis Elementary: 56 exposures and five positive students between reports on Aug. 21, Oct. 22, Nov. 20 and Dec. 3.

● Witt Elementary: 86 exposures, six positive students and one positive employee between reports on Sep. 16 Oct. 28, Nov. 4, Nov. 16 and Nov. 20.

This story was originally published December 7, 2020 at 7:49 PM.