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Community Covid Spread
Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,
Wrangell is currently experiencing an uptick in COVID cases. After consultation with various State and local Public Health officials, the administration has decided to keep the schools open at this time. The following factors helped determine our decision:
1) We have a lot of confidence in our mitigation procedures. Although we have had a number of isolated incidents of staff/students contracting COVID this year, the spread of the virus in the school has been very limited or even non-existent. Our mitigation protocols are informed by CDC recommendations and are working extremely well. Because we are enforcing these recommendations, school may well be among the safest places for young people to be.
2) Most of our teachers and staff are now vaccinated, as are many of our students who are 16 years old and older.
3) As far as we can tell, the current COVID cases in Wrangell are fairly removed from the students. The cases have either had no contact with the schools or have been in quarantine for quite some time.
4) Many studies are now highlighting the impact of school closures on students. Not only is their educational growth being impeded; many experts are warning about the tremendously negative impacts of school closures on students' social and emotional health.
We will revise the published mitigation plan to include vaccinations since they were not available at the time of the original plan.
Please be assured that we are monitoring the situation closely. While we have decided to keep the schools open at this time, we also recognize that this decision may have to be revisited quickly if or when the situation changes.
We encourage students who do not feel comfortable returning to school at this time to continue their education by attending school virtually by logging into their online classes.
The safety of our students is paramount, and we'll keep you informed as circumstances change. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us.
Thank you very much.
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Wrangell Public Schools COVID-19 Mitigation Plan
The Wrangell Public Schools COVID-19 Mitigation Plan has just been Updated. The updated plan can be viewed at this link.
Wrangell Public Schools Mitigation Plan
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2020 Digital Christmas Concert
The students in Choir and Band worked extremely hard on this as well as Mrs. Morse who worked tirelessly to put the video together. Please watch enjoy and Merry Christmas.
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Information about Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19)
Wrangell Public School Board Policy 6114.4 in regard to Pandemic/Epidemic Emergencies can be found here POLICY
Alaska DHSS COVID-19 Updates for Providers
Alaska DHSS sent this bulletin at 03/05/2020 09:30 AM AKST
COVID-19 Update for Alaska’s Health Care Providers
Updated March 5, 2020
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is closely monitoring and responding to the rapidly evolving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation. We want to make sure you have the latest information. Here are key updates for Alaska’s health care providers.
- NO cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Alaska.
- NEW: The Section of Epidemiology issued an Alaska Public Health Alert Network (PHAN) on Wednesday, March 4, alerting health care providers in Alaska about new CDC guidance (March 4) that expanded testing criteria to a wider group of symptomatic patients. The Alaska PHAN also provides important details for health care providers about our current in-state testing capacity. Please read this PHAN if you haven’t already and subscribe to AK PHAN alerts by clicking here.
- NEW: Today, March 5, from 10-11 a.m. Alaska time (2-3 pm Eastern time), the CDC is offering a COCA Call: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update—What Clinicians Need to Know to Prepare for COVID-19 in the United States. During this call, clinicians will learn what they can do to prepare for COVID-19 including identifying persons under investigation, applying infection prevention and control measures, assessing risks for exposures, optimizing the use of personal protective equipment supplies, and managing and caring for patients (inpatient and at home).
- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extensive resources available for health care providers on their COVID-19 Information for Healthcare Professionals webpage.
- The DHSS Section of Epidemiology is continuing to host COVID-19 Situational Awareness calls for health care providers on a regular basis. To participate in those calls, email DHSSEOC@alaska.gov
- To learn more about recent testing available at Alaska Public Health Laboratories, read this DHSS press release from Feb. 28.
- Health care providers should contact SOE at 907-269-8000, or 800-478-0084 after-hours, to report Persons Under Investigation (PUI) and to obtain approval to test patients for COVID-19 at the State Public Health Laboratory.
- Please check the DHSS Human Coronavirus website and the CDC COVID-19 website frequently for the latest information.
