Health and Safety Weekly Update

I am happy to report that last week was a much improved week in regard to health and safety measures. I am even more happy to report that we have concluded our third full week with no Covid-19 confirmed cases in the schools from students or staff. Our South Brunswick community continues to demonstrate it’s care and commitment to health and safety!

Today we welcome back students from Constable, Crossroads North and Indian Fields as we continue to bring back students safely and successfully. We initially announced that we would be reviewing our progress after three weeks. We are at the three week mark now and already have moved the process forward due to early success in the community. While we continue to do well in the township, you probably are aware that there has been a spike in cases in the state, which has caused our "Green" status to revert back to "Yellow". The good news, however, is that the local data has remained suppressed, while our school data remains very strong. This means that we have the ability to continue through our Phase 4 work and plan for our next steps. We will be working on that this week and reaching out to impacted families shortly.

Please see below for the important data and information for last week.

Thank you and stay safe everyone!

Scott

Regional Rating

(Latest Published Results)

Yellow - Moderate

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/documents/topics/NCOV/COVID_19_Report_Week_38.pdf

South Brunswick Health Dept. Rating

Supressed

Number of cases (last 7 days) in South Brunswick

4

Number of school age children cases (last 7 days) in South Brunswick

0

Number of students/adults in schools with no cases (Daily Average)

0 cases with 603 students/staff in building (daily average)

Number of students/staff sent home during the day with symptoms

2 students/0 staff

Number of students not able to follow health and safety directions

0

Athletics Reporting Over a 6 day period (HS & MS)

Athletics Reporting (Daily Average)

467 athletes/15 coaches (daily average)

Number of students/staff sent home during the day with symptoms

16 athletes/0 coaches

Number of students not able to follow health and safety directions

12 athletes

Health Questionnaires not completed

Quarantine requirements in the school (quantity w/reason)

0

State Transmission Rate
1.12

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/documents/topics/NCOV/COVID_19_Report_Week_38.pdf

Regional Positivity Rate (Central East)

2.71

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/documents/topics/NCOV/COVID_19_Report_Week_38.pdf

Regional Case Rate (Central East)/100,000 residents

5.42

This is a large jump in the region as this was 3.89 last week.

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/documents/topics/NCOV/COVID_19_Report_Week_38.pdf

What guidance exists at this time.

• Indoor dining allowed 25% capacity, Capacity limits still in place, Fall athletics in operation, all mask and social distancing requirements still in effect

• Ocean Township High School suspended in-person learning until September 23rd.

Self-reflection effectiveness rating (1-4)

2

Effective Rating Rubric

While our protocols continue to work, we still need fewer students showing up to the schools with symptoms and far less who are not completing their questionnaires.

Incidents of student or parent non-compliance

12

This number reflects all who did not complete the Health Screening Questionnaire

Incidents of staff non-compliance

0