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Superintendent outlines COVID threshold, family and staff surveys, and vaccine rollout plans
Summary
Superintendent recommended using a 7-day average and a 5% infection-rate threshold for returning to in-person learning, proposed phased reopening starting with learning centers, and announced tomorrow's family and staff surveys and plans to help employees access vaccines via an MOU with the city health department.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District superintendent delivered a comprehensive COVID-19 update on Jan. 12, urging a data-driven, phased approach to returning students to in-person learning and announcing district tools to measure family and staff readiness.
In a presentation that covered infection trends, student attendance and academic metrics, the superintendent said the district tracks a seven-day average and has used a 5% infection-rate threshold as the standard for in-person instruction: "We have said 5 percent is too high, and that's the number that we have, remained focused on." He recommended opening learning centers first and bringing students back to classrooms only when the infection rate is steadily below 5%.
The superintendent said the…
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