No School January 19-21

Dear Bulldog Parents:

As many of you know, we have continued to see an increase in absences this past week and even today. Some of these absences are COVID related and some of them are just the normal winter sicknesses that we see every year. We have been doing everything we can do to try to keep our students in class and to provide in-person learning. We all understand it is best for our students to be in school.

Unfortunately, as of today the number of absences with our students, teachers, staff members, bus drivers and administrators has made it impossible to continue with in-person learning. Because of the number of teachers and students that are sick, we have decided not to do any type of distance learning at this time.

Skiatook Schools will be closed for the remainder of the week due to teacher, staff, and student absences. We realize this causes hardship on families, but at this time, it is something that cannot be helped. We hope by taking off the next three days it will allow not only teachers and staff members to get well, but will allow our students time to recover from the different types of sickness going around. In-Person classes will resume on Monday, January 24, 2022. Students participating in extra-curricular activites will be contacted by their coaches in the event of any cancellations.

As always thank you for your support of our district.

Sincerely,

Rick Thomas

Superintendent

Weekly Covid Update

Skiatook Public Schools

COVID Weekly Update

Friday, January 21, 2022

Site	Enrollment	Student Positive Cases	Positives Last Week
High School	661	18	16
Middle School	533	25	23
Intermediate	328	7	8
SE	293	10	6
Marrs	467	7	2

District Totals Students	Student Positive Cases	Positives Last Week
2282	67	55

Site	Faculty/Staff Positives	Positives Last Week
High School	3	6
Middle School	5	3
Intermediate	5	4
SE	3	3
Marrs	5	4
ESC/Daycare/Bus Drivers	0	2

District Totals Faculty/Staff	Faculty/Staff Positives	Positives Last Week
	21	22

Guidance if Positive: Individuals who believe or know they had COVID-19, and have had symptoms, may not be around others until all the following conditions have been met: 1. 24 hours with no fever 2. Symptoms improved 3. 10 days since symptoms first appeared Individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, but have had no symptoms, may not be around others until: 4. 10 days have passed since being tested.

Individuals experiencing one or more “A” symptoms or three or more “B” symptoms should quarantine until a note from your healthcare provider indicating that the symptoms are not related to COVID-19 or documentation of a negative test COVID-19 test from your healthcare agency/facility (at-home tests will not be accepted) is provided to the school.

Parents please help us monitor the health of your child before you send them to school. Refer to the District Return to Learn Plan if you have any questions concerning what symptoms to look for with COVID-19. Parents always have the option to quarantine their child if there has been an exposure at school or home. We will continue to quarantine as needed to help stop the spread in classes.

Note: The numbers on this page represent known positive cases. There are still a number of students and staff members out that have not been tested, but have symptoms.