Open Letter to School Board re COVID-19

The following is being emailed to the Richland 2 School Board:

Members of the board and trustees-elect McKie and Holmes,

I hope you will ask the superintendent on Tuesday night, during Item 8.2, just exactly how many (or how few) student cases there actually were in this report on TheState.com today.

Richland 2

• Catawba Trail Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Forest Lake Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• L.B. Nelson Elementary: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Muller Road Middle: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• North Springs Elementary: Fewer than 5 employee cases
• Richland Northeast High: Fewer than 5 student cases
• Spring Valley High: Fewer than 5 student cases and fewer than 5 employee cases
• Windsor Elementary: Fewer than 5 faculty cases

"Fewer than five" means 1-4.

Re-stating The State's numbers:

Richland 2

• Catawba Trail Elementary: 0 student cases; 1-4 employee cases
• Forest Lake Elementary: 0 student cases; 1-4 employee cases
• L.B. Nelson Elementary: 1-4 student cases; 0 employee cases
• Muller Road Middle: 0 student cases; 1-4 employee cases
• North Springs Elementary: 0 student cases; 1-4 employee cases
• Richland Northeast High: 1-4 student cases; 0 employee cases
• Spring Valley High: 1-4 student cases and 1-4 employee cases
• Windsor Elementary: 0 student cases; 1-4 faculty cases

Summary; for eight (8) schools,

3-12 student cases

6-24 employee cases

Please ask 

How many student cases, exactly?

How many employee cases, exactly?

The Day 10 enrollment was 27,822.

12/27822 = 0.043%

Does this justify keeping schools closed?

Thank you.

Gus Philpott