From a letter to the parents and families of UCCCJSD students from the superintendent introduction by John Estridge Due to increased cases of COVID-19 and positive test results in Union County, which have caused increased absences at the Union County Middle School and the Union County High School in both students and staff, the students …
Category Archives: COVID-19
Union County records its first COVID-19-related death and it is designated a red county as state sets new one-day record
By John Estridge from ISDH data On Wednesday, November 11, Union County recorded its first COVID-19-related death, was designated as a red county and Indiana set a new one-day record in positive COVID-19 tests. According to the ISDH COVID-19 Dashboard, a county becomes designated as a red county if the weekly cases per 100,000 residents …
Another FCHS athletics change due to COVID-19 surge
From the FCHS Athletics Office Boys Basketball vs. Milan is moved to February 16, 2021, with JV starting at 6 p.m.
As the state and country are dealing with a surge in COVID-19 positive tests, FCCSC Board of Trustees vote to keep hybrid model at FCHS through end of calendar year
By John Estridge Franklin County High School will stay on the hybrid teaching system through the end of the calendar year. That was decided in a 5-2 vote Monday night, November 9, at the Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees meeting. Board members Sharon Wesolowski and Terry Bryant voted against the continuation of …
COVID-19 surge causes changes to FCHS girls’ basketball schedule and more changes may be coming
From a FCHS Athletics Department press release Due to the COVID-19 surge, there have been changes to the Franklin County High School girls basketball schedule, and FCHS Athletics Director Denny Dorrel said people should remain flexible as there may be more. Some area schools have closed altogether. Others have suspended extracurricular activities. Some have done …
Technology glitches and COVID-19 daily update or not
By John Estridge without ISDH data Well, it is 2020 and coincidentally, Tuesday, November 10, is a day that ends in the letter “Y.” The two combined made this a bad day to get daily results. Every time I go to the Indiana State Health Department website and access the Dashboard for the daily update, …
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Fayette County had an additional COVID-19-related death reported Monday, November 9
By John Estridge from ISDH data Fayette County had another COVID-19-related death, making its total 27. However, the numbers of cases are not increasing in the three counties within the Whitewater Valley as quickly as they have in the past few weeks. For Fayette County, it had a dozen new positive test results. That is …
Indiana has 4,689 positive test results recorded in its Sunday, November 8 report
By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana had less positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, November 8, than it had one day earlier, but the numbers are still large with 4,689 being reported. That makes the state’s total 210,374. Saturday, the total was 5,007, a new record. Fayette County fell just short of its usual …
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State sets another bad record; Franklin County has 16 positive test results
By John Estridge from ISDH data Franklin County went into double digits on positive test results, and Indiana set a one-day record for the third-straight day with 5,007 positive test results, the first time the state went more than 5,000 since record keeping began on March 17. Franklin County had 16 positive test results for …
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Indiana continues to break the wrong kinds of records
By John Estridge from ISDH data Indiana had another record-breaking day for COVID-19 positive test results. The second record in two days. It recorded 4,714 positive test results. That sent the state over the 200,000 mark in positive test results since March 17 when the ISDH began tabulating the data. It now stands at 200,823. …
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