UPDATE: DeKalb County Schools has released new data showing a total of 762 cases in the school district since July 2020 through Feb. 3. The case breakdown is as follows:

Staff: 510

Students: 158

Central office: 94

Audrey Qualls, an open records specialist with the school district, said, “The data is reflective of cases reported by employees that live in the community and work in the district at a specific location. COVID-19 is an airborne virus and can be contracted anywhere.” 

Here is our earlier story …

DeKalb County, GA — The Tucker Observer and Decaturish.com received COVID-19 data from DeKalb County School District after filing a records request for this information.

The district also published this information on its website. Schools have been conducted virtually since March, but there have been instances of staff and student exposures in the county school district.

According to the district, 462 staffers, 144 students and 90 central office employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since July 2020. The data does not include case summary reports indicating how the cases were discovered or whether there was in-school transmission of the virus. The district also released a list of 28 buildings within the district that have been cleaned and disinfected.

Unlike other districts, DeKalb County Schools hasn’t been providing regular reports on its cases even as it has been laying the groundwork for students to return. Teachers returned to the buildings on Feb. 3.

The school district says while it is taking metrics into account, it is primarily focused on COVID-19 mitigation measures. The district’s plans have faced pushback from teachers and staff who are concerned about safety measures in place, class sizes and the current number of cases in DeKalb County. Also, the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t being made available to teachers at this time unless they are 65 or older. But the CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has said schools can safely reopen without vaccinating teachers, though the White House press secretary has clarified this is not official guidance from the CDC, according to CNBC.com.

According to the Washington Post, CDC researches have concluded that, “Schools operating in person have seen scant transmission of the coronavirus, particularly when masks and distancing are employed, but some indoor athletics have led to infections and should be curtailed if schools want to operate safely.”

DeKalb County Schools has not announced a date for students to return. Other districts, including City Schools of Decatur and Atlanta Public Schools have allowed elementary school students back into the building.

Here is the full list of cases and the full list of buildings that have been cleaned by the district:

		DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
		COVID CASES  July 2020-January 2021
			Staff		Students	Central Office
1		Allgood	5
2		Ashford Park
3		Austin	1
4		Avondale	1
5		Barack Obama	4
6		Bob Mathis	3
7		Bouie	2
8		Briar Vista	3		1
9		Briarlake	2
10		Brockett
11		Browns Mill	4
12		Canby Lane	5
13		Cary Reynolds	1
14		Cedar Grove	2
15		Chapel Hill	4
16		Chesnut
17		Columbia	7
18		DeK Early Learning	2		1
19		D.E.S.A	1		2
20		Dorvaville United	4
21		Dresden	2
22		Dunaire	3
23		Dunwoody	3
24		E.L. Miller	2
25		Evansdale	1
26		Fairington
27		Fernbank	1
28		Flat Rock
29		Flat Shoals	2
30		Hambrick	2
31		Hawthorne	4
32		Henderson Mill	1
33		Hightower	1
34		Huntley Hills	1
35		Idlewood	9		1
36		Indian Creek	4
37		John Lewis	3
38		Jolly	4		2
39		Kelly Lake	1
40		Kingsley	12		1
41		Kittredge Magnet	3
42		Laurel Ridge
43		Livsey	2
44		Marbut	2
45		McLendon
46		McNair Discovery	4
47		Midvale	1
48		Montclair	1
49		Montgomery	2		1
50		Murphy Candler	3
51		Narvie J. Harris	2		4
52		Oak Grove
53		Oak View	3
54		Oakcliff	1
55		Panola Way	1
56		Peachcrest	3
57		Pine Ridge	6
58		Pleasantdale	2
59		Princeton	1
60		Rainbow	1
61		Redan	4		2
62		Robert Shaw	1
63		Rock Chapel	7
64		Rockbridge	4
65		Rowland
66		Sagamore Hills	5
67		Shadow Rock	5		1
68		Smoke Rise	3		2
69		Snapfinger	6
70		Stone Mill	1
71		Stone Mountain	5		1
72		Stone View	8
73		Toney
74		Vanderlyn	1
75		Wadsworth	5
76		Woodridge	2
77		Woodward	2		2
78		Wynbrooke	4
79		Arabia  Mountain	9		7
80		Bethune Middle	5
81		Cedar Grove Middle	3		2
82		Cedar Grove High	7		3
83		Chamblee Middle
84		Chamblee High	4		1
85		Champion Middle	8
86		Chapel Hill Middle	4
87		Clarkston High	10		2
88		Columbia Middle	8
89		Columbia High	8		3
90		Cross Keys High	4
91		DECA			3
92		DeKalb Alt	5
93		DeKalb School Arts	5
94		Druid Hills Middle	2
95		Druid Hills High	8		5
96		Dunwoody High	9		22
97		Elizabeth Andrews
98		Freedom Middle	7
99		Henderson Middle	3
100		Lakeside High	7		5
101		Lithonia Middle	2
102		Lithonia High	7		1
103		MLK High	5		2
104		McNair Middle	6
105		McNair High	1		1
106		Miller Grove Middle	8
107		Miller Grove High	3		12
108		Peachtree Middle	4
109		Redan Middle	4		6
110		Redan High	10		2
111		Salem Middle	4
112		Sequoyah Middle	4
113		Southwest DeKalb High	8		13
114		Stephenson Middle	5
115		Stephenson High	11		13
116		Stone Mtn Middle	9
117		Stone Mtn High	6		2
118		Towers High	4		5
119		Tucker Middle	6		2
120		Tucker High	9		4
121		Coralwood	2		1
122		D.A.T.E
123		DeKalb HS Tech South	2
124		DeKalb PATH	1
125		DeKalb Prep	6		3
126		Eagle Woods			1
127		Globe Academy
128		International Student Center	3
129		International Community
130		Leadership Prep	1
131		Margaret Harris	2		1
132		Museum School
133		Shadow Rock Center	3
134		Tapestry
135		Fernbank Sci Center	2
136		Coralwood Diagnostic			1
		Central Office				90
		Staff/StudentTotal	462		144	606
		District Total				696
		Central Office: Central Office Staff, Human Resources, Ciriculum and Instruction, Public Safety, Transportation, Information Technology and facilities and operations.

Cleaning/Disinfecting of Schools
Location	Location Disinfected/Cleaned
Public Safety Office	4/15/2020
Lithonia HS-Loading Dock/cafeteria	4/17/2020
Clarkston HS – cafeteria	4/21/2020
Marbut ES – cafeteria	4/28/2020
Stone Mountain HS – main entrance/gym	7/6/2020
McNair MS – cafeteria	7/8/2020
Dunwoody HS – gym	7/24/2020
E.L. Miller	7/29/2020
Tucker – weight room	7/30/2020
Hightower ES – Bookkeeper’s office	7/30/2020
Lakeside HS – weight & locker rooms	8/3/2020
Sam Moss Center	8/4/2020
Clarkston HS – weight room	8/5/2020
Bethune MS – restrooms/gym	8/6/2020
Public Safety	9/21/2020
Columbia MS	10/6/2020
Transportation-Memorial Dr.	10/13/2020
Freedom MS-Cafeteria	10/21/2020
Sam Moss Center-Warehouse area	11/9/2020
SWD HS cafeteria	11/10/2020
SMHS cafeteria	11/16/2020
Arabia Mtn. cafeteria	12/14/2020
Columbia MS cafeteria	12/15/2020
Henderson MS cafeteria	12/15/2021
Miller Grove MS cafeteria	1/5/2021
Sam Moss Center-Office area/transportation o	1/9/2021
east Dekalb support office	1/26/2021
DSA cafeteria	2/4/2021

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