Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported At 54 CMS Schools

CHARLOTTE, NC — At least 54 schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School district have reported cases of COVID-19 in the last 14 days, the school district announced Monday.

At least 18 of the nearly 41,700 CMS students currently receiving in-person instruction, and 30 of the district's 19,100 employees tested positive during the week of Nov. 7, CMS reported in its weekly dashboard.

Five CMS schools have had 15 or more people in quarantine in the two-week period, according to the district's dashboard.

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Of the schools with confirmed cases, at least 16 CMS schools have two or more cases that are not related, said Kathy Elling, chief school performance officer for CMS schools. "Why is that important? Because if cases start to connect as a result of a school situation, that would indicate that the virus is spreading within the school," she said.

Here is a list of CMS schools that had COVID-19 cases reported during the week of Nov. 7:

• Albermarle Road Elementary — 1 staff member
• Barnette Elementary — 1 student
• Barringer Academic Center — 1 student
• Beverly Woods Elementary — 1 student
• Briarwood Academy — 1 student
• Carmel Middle — 1 staff member
• Charlotte East Language Academy — 1 staff member
• Collinswood Language Academy — 1 staff member
• Cotswold Middle — 1 staff member
• Coulwood Middle — 1 staff member
• Crown Point Elementary — 1 staff member
• David Cox Road Elementary — 1 staff member
• Eastover Elementary — 1 staff member
• Elizabeth Traditional Elementary — 2 students
• Harding University High — 1 staff member
• Harper Middle College HS — 1 staff member
• Hickory Grove Elementary — 1 student, 1 staff member
• Highland Renaissance Academy — 2 staff members
• Huntingtowne Farms Elementary — 1 staff member
• Idelwild Elementary — 1 student
• Independence High — 1 staff member
• McClintock Middle — 1 staff member
• Merry Oaks International Academy Elementary — 1 student
• Metro — 1 staff member
• Newell Elementary — 1 staff member
• North Mecklenburg High — 2 students
• Oakhurst STEAM Academy — 1 student
• Oaklawn Language Academy — 1 student
• Olde Providence Elementary — 1 student, 1 staff member
• Paw Creek Elementary — 1 student
• Piney Grove Elementary — 1 staff member
• Providence High — 1 student
• Ranson Middle — 1 staff member
• Rea Farms STEAM Academy — 1 staff member
• Thomasboro Academy — 1 student
• Trillium Springs Montessori — 1 student
• Tuckaseegee Elementary — 2 staff members
• West Mecklenburg High — 1 staff member
• Other CMS district sites — 4 staff members

Students who are attending in-person instruction must fill out a symptom screening survey every day, either online through an emailed link or by a paper survey.

"We are seeing very high use of the symptom screener app," Elling said. "That's very important that every child is screened before they come to school." She said that students were also doing a great job wearing face coverings, washing their hands and staying six feet apart.

North Carolina reported 314,207 confirmed coronavirus cases in the state Monday, which included 1,972 newly confirmed cases in the state since Sunday, according to data released Nov. 16 by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

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