{"id":6659,"date":"2020-07-20T13:16:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T21:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2020-07-20T13:16:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T21:16:18","slug":"covid19-risk-levels-in-kpbsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/07\/20\/covid19-risk-levels-in-kpbsd\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID19 Risk Levels in KPBSD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>COVID19 Risk Level in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\"><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong><br \/><strong>On July 28, 2020, Southern Peninsula rose from LOW to MEDIUM Risk<br \/>On July 27, 2020, Central Peninsula dropped from HIGH to MEDIUM Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Current Risk Levels effective <s>July 19, 2020, July 27, 2020<\/s>, July 28, 2020, until further notice*<\/em><strong><br \/> Central Peninsula: <s>HIGH<\/s> (on 7-27-20 risk dropped to MEDIUM)<br \/> Eastern Peninsula: HIGH<br \/> Southern Peninsula: <s>LOW<\/s> (on 7-28-20 risk rose to MEDIUM)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/07\/2020-07-28-COVID-Risk-Level-in-KPBSD-1024x853.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6688\" width=\"512\" height=\"427\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>When the onset of COVID-19 happened, the need to make\nrational and informed<em> operational<\/em>\ndecisions became primary for the health and safety of our students, staff, and\ncommunities. KPBSD incorporated science-based guidance to assist in our\ndecision-making processes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Beginning on or before\nAugust 1, KPBSD will provide daily COVID19 risk updates for our schools on a\nnew dedicated webpage at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.KPBSD.org\">www.KPBSD.org<\/a>,\nand include a robust visual risk level map of Kenai Peninsula schools on the\ndistrict and school website homepages for easy reference. Included will be what\nto expect with each risk level.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-light-green-cyan-background-color\"><strong>*RISK LEVELS<\/strong> Documents. (To read the most recent reports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=42007\">go to www.KPBSD.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/07\/KPBSD-7-20-20-Numbers-and-KPBSD-Level-of-Determination-Chart.pdf\"> July 20, 2020: KPBSD-COVID-Positive-Cases-and-KPBSD-Risk-Level-Determination- <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/07\/KPBSD-7-20-20-Numbers-and-KPBSD-Level-of-Determination-Chart.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/07\/2020-07-19-KPBSD-COVID-Positive-Cases-and-KPBSD-Risk-Level-Determination-Chart.pdf\">July 19, 2020: KPBSD-COVID-Positive-Cases-and-KPBSD-Risk-Level-Determination-Chart<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/07\/2020-07-19-KPBSD-COVID-Positive-Cases-and-KPBSD-Risk-Level-Determination-Chart.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color\"><strong>The KPBSD is\ndivided into geographical risk areas:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Central\nKenai Peninsula<\/strong> includes Sterling to Kasilof,\nextending through Kenai, Nikiski, Soldotna, and DHSS \u201cother north\u201d communities:<br \/>\n<em>Aurora Borealis Charter School;\nConnections Homeschool; Kaleidoscope Charter School; K-Beach Elementary School;\nKenai Alternative School; Kenai Central High School; Kenai Middle School;\nMountain View Elementary School; Nikiski Middle-High School; Nikiski North Star\nElementary School; Redoubt Elementary School; River City Academy; Skyview\nMiddle School; Soldotna Elementary School; Soldotna High School; Soldotna\nMontessori Charter School; Sterling Elementary School and Other North: Tustumena\nElementary School<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Eastern\nKenai Peninsula<\/strong> includes Seward area, including\nMoose Pass<br \/>\n<em>Moose Pass Elementary School; Seward\nElementary School; Seward High School; Seward Middle School<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Southern\nKenai Peninsula<\/strong> includes Homer area, north to\nNinilchik, Anchor Point, Fritz Creek, and DHSS \u201cother south\u201d communities:<br \/>\n<em>Chapman School; Connections Homeschool;\nFireweed Academy; Homer Flex School; Homer High School; Homer Middle School;\nMcNeil Canyon Elementary School; Paul Banks Elementary School; West Homer\nElementary School; and Other South: Kachemak-Selo School;Nikolaevsk School;\nNinilchik School; Razdolna School; Voznesenka School<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Schools in Individual or Remote Communities<\/strong><br \/> <em>Cooper Landing School; Hope School; Nanwalek School; Port Graham School; Susan B. English School (Seldovia); Tebughna School<\/em> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) created a tool with three levels of alert based on the amount of community transmission on a per capita incidence of cases per 100,000 population as part of their plan to reopen long-term care facilities to visitors. Every day the DHSS calculates the number of new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents, then averages it over the past 14 days. The DHSS article and chart are found at this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/dph\/Epi\/id\/Pages\/COVID-19\/alertlevels.aspx\">http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/dph\/Epi\/id\/Pages\/COVID-19\/alertlevels.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/07\/2020-07-alert-levels-1024x522.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6663\" width=\"512\" height=\"261\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The DHSS article\nspecifically states:<\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThese community\ntransmission levels were developed to inform decisions about allowing visitors to\nlong-term care facilities. However average daily per capita incidence may\ninform decision making in other sectors as well, such as schools, institutions\nof higher education, and businesses.\u201d <\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/asaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fall-Practice-COVID19-Protocol.pdf\">Alaska School Activities Association\n(ASAA)<\/a> adopted this modeling to determine risk levels for student activities\nand sports.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>KPBSD believes that the safety of our staff and students should be as\nimportant as the safety of our senior citizens, so we have adopted the same\nnumbers used by DHSS. We have created a \u201cKPBSD Level of Determination by\nCommunity-Region\u201d chart that converts the population of the borough and its\ncommunities on the \u201ccases per 100,000 population\u201d standard that the State used.\nThe KPBSD chart shows case counts in two ways, the daily average case rate over\nfourteen days, and the total maximum number of cases in the last 14-day period.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>KPBSD created a <strong>\u201cResident\nCoronavirus Cases On The Kenai Peninsula\u201d <\/strong>chart to track the daily number\nof cases on the Kenai Peninsula as reported by the State of Alaska on the upper\nportion of the chart. On the bottom half of the page, cases are grouped by\nRegion. The cases are shown in three different ways:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a total of all cases<\/li><li>a total of cases in the last 14-day period<\/li><li>a daily average in the last 14-day period<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>The latter two numbers are used in coordination with the \u201cKPBSD Level of\nDetermination by Community-Region\u201d chart to determine what alert level each\nRegion is in for KPBSD operations.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Reports for Resident Coronavirus Cases On The Kenai Peninsula<\/strong> and  <strong>KPBSD Level of Determination by Community-Region<\/strong> were moved near the top of this page.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/07\/2020-07-28-HL-COVID-Risk-Levels-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6689\" width=\"512\" height=\"289\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=41540\">KPBSD and\nCOVID19 webpage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/content.aspx?id=41923\">KPBSD Smart Start\nwebpage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=41917\">KPBSD Summer\nSports and Activities webpage<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>In July, posts will only be made when risk levels change. Beginning August 1, daily count updates will be live online and posted to KPBSD social media.   Kindly note:&nbsp;<em>if you ask questions in a comment, I\u2019ll do my best to review them several times a week, and respond.  However, I will be out of the office July 20-25, 2020, so there will not be any responses. I appreciate your patience and understanding until the new risk level webpage and map under development for the school year is live on August 1.<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Pegge Erkeneff, Director of Communications   <\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID19 Risk Level in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District UPDATE: On July 28, 2020, Southern Peninsula rose from LOW to MEDIUM RiskOn July 27, 2020, Central Peninsula dropped from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/07\/20\/covid19-risk-levels-in-kpbsd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID19 Risk Levels in KPBSD&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kpbsd-district-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}