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Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is keeping families updated on district coronavirus case numbers through an online chart that breaks down the case numbers by campus, showing the number of active cases. Positive cases remain counted in the dashboard for 10 days, the district had previously had these cases remain on the list for 14 days.
As of Dec. 16, the district reported 29 confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff members and 65 among students, a total of 94 active cases.
Tarrant County has 33,354 active cases of COVID-19 as of Dec. 17.
The district is reporting COVID-19 cases from staff and from students who are learning both in-person and remotely. For a look at the percentage of case numbers compared to the number of students and staff, visit the district’s website.
GCISD’s Health Services team contacts students and staff who have been test-confirmed or exposed to the coronavirus. If someone has been test-confirmed for COVID-19, they will be contacted by Health Services before they return to ensure that it is safe to come back to school. It is possible that, if someone is exhibiting new symptoms or still feeling sick, they will be asked to isolate for longer than 10 days.
Campus information for active case numbers in the last 10 days:
- Bear Creek Elementary School: two staff, two students
- Bransford Elementary School: two staff, three students
- Cannon Elementary School: two students
- Colleyville Elementary School: four staff, three students
- Dove Elementary School: two staff, three students
- Glenhope Elementary School: six students
- Grapevine Elementary School: one staff, two students
- Heritage Elementary School: one staff, three students
- Silver Lake Elementary: one staff, three students
- O.C. Taylor Elementary School: one student
- Timberline Elementary School: three students
- Colleyville Middle School: two students
- Cross Timbers Middle School: three staff, nine students
- Grapevine Middle School: two staff, two students
- Heritage Middle School: six students
- Colleyville Heritage High School: two staff, six students
- Grapevine High School: seven students
- Collegiate Academy: one student
- Bridges Accelerated Learning Center/Vista Alternative Learning Center: one student
- iUniversity Prep: one staff
- Eight “centrally deployed” staff cases
The district will notify an entire campus if there is a test-confirmed case of COVID-19 with a letter detailing information about when that person was last on campus, and how to monitor symptoms.
Similarly, if a student or staff member was deemed to come in close contact with or test-confirmed case, they will be directly notified and given written instruction on self-quarantine protocols, according to the district’s website. There is a chart online that shows the number of close contacts from a particular exposure, and how many of those close contacts later tested positive for the coronavirus.
As of Thursday, there are 59 staff members and 353 students in quarantine because they were deemed to be close contacts of others with test-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Students were able to return to campus on Sept. 8 if they chose in-person learning for the first nine-week grading period. The second nine-week grading period began Oct. 19, and families were able to switch learning styles for the next nine-weeks. Families can switch from in-person learning to remote learning at any time.