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Posted by Mimi Huynh ·

Thresholds for School Reopenings | Resource Sharing

Please feel free to share considerations and protocols developed at your state/local jurisdiction on thresholds utilized to make decisions related to reopening of schools (K-12 and/or institutions of higher education).

See here for CDC's School Settings considerations landing page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/index.html

Thank you,
CSTE National Office

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Angela Dunn, UT Angela Dunn
One of our school districts is looking at using < 5% positivity (7-day rolling average) AND < 10/100,000 incidence (7-day rolling average). 

Anyone else have threshold examples?
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Amanda Faulkner Amanda Faulkner
Oregon’s thresholds are <5% test positivity (weekly), and <30 cases /100,000 (weekly)
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Dean Sidelinger Dean Sidelinger
Yes - the reply earlier was for the K3 exception. The full reopening metrics are <=10 cases/100,000 over a week for three consecutive weeks and test positivity of <=5% in the same time period.
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Laurie Forlano Laurie Forlano
We've developed a framework that allows schools to consider levels of community transmission in decision making, combined with other considerations such as the populations served, ability to offer virtual education, etc (Some counties have more than 30% of children without internet or a computer at home).  The surveillance team here created a composite pandemic level/score of metrics including case incidence,  test positivity,  ICU admissions,  HCW infections,  ED visits for CLI, hospital bed capacity and PPE measures. Our threshold for case incidence is 10/100K and positivity is 10%. The case measure is weighted most heavily in the scoring.  If a region is experiencing or approaching "substantial community transmission",  we advise a certain set of school mitigation measures (including virtual only,  offering in person to certain populations, etc.)  Angela I'm happy to send you our K12 plan if its helpful.  (Although Oregon's is beautiful and will likely result in some revisions to our plan in Virginia!)
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Edward Lifshitz Edward Lifshitz
Laurie –

Would you please share Virginia’s plan with NJ? We are looking at similar plan (though only based upon positivity, case rates, and syndromic).

Thanks.

Ed


Edward Lifshitz, MD, FACP
Medical Director
Infectious & Zoonotic Disease Program
Communicable Disease Service
New Jersey Department of Health

Phone: (609) 826-5964
Fax: (609) 826-5972
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Laurie Forlano Laurie Forlano
will do... the team is making some adjustments,  so will send soon!
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