25/ A comparison of what % of a school got sick, per confirmed/reported cases in Arlington Public Schools.

#Discovery elementary had the most kids infected in a school program last year. Then #Taylor.

26/ This shows the % of a school's student body getting sick in the same week of a school year, from COVID-19, in
@APSVirginia.

Can you spot the outbreaks? #ArlingtonCareerCenter shows up with a very high % of students infected already this year. Followed by #Tuckahoe, #Cardinal

24/ Can you spot the schools having outbreaks of COVID-19?

This is a data table snapshot by week for last school year, and this year, set up by program — not building.

#COVIDIsntOver #COVIDIsAirborne #COVID19 #Schools

22/ APS collected data about prevalence of infectious kids/staff at school:

In 2022:

3,203 students, 717 employees were on campus (& bus, sports) in 48 hours before testing + for COVID.

So a significant number of these folks were possibly infectious at school; after May 2022, many were walking around during outbreaks w/o masks (especially in North Arlington.)

At least 529 kids, 152 staff members were highly likely contagious: on campus AFTER taking the test that would come back +.

20/ About those APS buses: There is often COVID-19 riding them. Feel really bad for our bus drivers and attendants who are exposed continuously to germs in their air; but not provided with GOOD masks in a variety of styles.

Rolling down those bus windows seems pretty smart.

21/ Took a look at how often a COVID+ kid was on a morning bus route during the first two months of this school year. The answer was about 27% of the time, based on reported cases. Roll down the windows. Mask up on the bus.

19/ Sports: Many pairs/trios of cases on teams on same days. Haven't made a fancy graph, but here are cases by sport. Many sports teams had case clusters. (Et tu H-B ultimate frisbee?)

Biggest clusters:
#WashingtonLiberty boy's basketball (Dec. superspreader)
#Wakefield football

Coaches can instill in players concern for others, a "take care of our team health" mentality; ask sick kids to stay home/get tested.

"Play healthy" should be a policy push.

17/ When you know you were exposed, you can watch for symptoms, get tested.

APS data indicate 31% of staff/32% of kids did NOT have symptoms at the point tested positive.

Data supports sending symptomatic kids home, providing testing access, and communicating about exposures.

16/ Contact tracing. APS largely abandoned telling kids when classmates had exposed them to COVID-19 during the May 2022 "You do you" wave. This left kids to DIY outbreak management. (Who was absent in class today?)

Why not tell a class about a COVID case? Like we do w/ lice?

14/ Wanted to create a graphic on health equity, but APS only has racial/ethnic data for about 1 of 5 COVID cases. So as far as analyzing the impact of COVID on Black, Indigenous, Latino, Asian, and other minority communities, data just wasn't collected.

So let's at least look at pay grades. Teachers & assistants have a shocking case count. But it's the lack of cases in some areas (cafeteria?) that's alarming — can workers not take time off if sick? Do bosses tell bus drivers to work sick?.