MISD has an online dashboard that tracks cases of COVID-19 at each campus across the district. The dashboard updates each school day around noon. Because the district is currently on spring break, the last update was on March 4.
As of March 4, the district reported six active cases in students and none in staff. Campuses with reported cases are McKinney High School, McKinney North High School, Johnson Elementary, McNeil Elementary and Slaughter Elementary.
The district website defines an active case as a person who has received a “lab-confirmed positive case of COVID-19” and not yet returned to school.
This is the first time this school year that there have been no reported cases of the virus in staff while students had reported some. After the district’s Thanksgiving break, the dashboard reset to 0 for both students and staff.
Cases have been on the decline in the district since late January, just after MISD nearly hit 1,000 cases.
MISD’s health services department notifies parents via email each day that there is a positive COVID-19 case at their child’s campus. The email does not name the student or staff member, or provide details that may allow people to identify any individuals.
When a positive case is reported, the district’s custodial department deep cleans the affected campuses with hospital-grade products, according to an email to parents obtained by Community Impact Newspaper.
