A Barrington Middle School-Station Campus staff member checks a student in at the start of the school day Monday, the first day of in-person instruction for Barrington Area Unit District 220. Each student must be checked in to make sure the student has completed a COVID-19 symptom screening before entering the school.
“Dear Barrington 220 Community:
Today Barrington 220 successfully implemented its 1st day of the Hybrid mode for all grade levels. It was great to see more of our students in our schools and we are excited to welcome back another group of students later this week.
Unfortunately, our region is currently experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases. This rise in cases is reflected when looking at our health metrics on the Northwestern Medicine dashboard. For each of our four zip codes, the number of new cases per 100,000 persons within the last 14 days has either exceeded or is nearly at our Step 3 (Hybrid) threshold of 200.
- 60010: 222.4
- 60021: 204.5
- 60110: 443.5
- 60192: 199.3
- Total Average: 299.9
As of today, the Lake County Health Department advises schools to remain in their current mode of learning for at least 7 days before making any transition. Over the next 7 days we will be monitoring the weekly cases for all of our individual zip codes, as well as our average of the four zip codes, to determine if specific schools or the entire district can continue with the Hybrid mode, or must revert back to Distance Learning. The district will give families approximately one week’s notice if there is any change of plans. Please keep in mind, when making decisions to manage the risk of exposure, we are looking at trends over time.
We cannot stress enough that in order for us to continue bringing students into our buildings, it is critical for our community to maintain vigilance during this time and follow the 3W’s:
- Wear a mask
- Watch your distance
- Wash your hands
Our COVID-19 dashboard (seen here) shows the daily number of positive cases and quarantine cases among students and staff at each building in the district.
- A positive case is counted on the day it is reported. Every day after, it is placed in the quarantine category.
- Quarantine cases are students and staff not attending school due to testing positive or exposure to a positive case.
*Please note, the dashboard only counts positive and quarantine cases for students who are in our school buildings. Students who are Distance Learning from home are not counted.*”
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