COVID-19 Update

Well, here we are in month SEVEN of me working from home. Not going to lie, it's starting to get a little bit old. I miss my desk and my work friends. Not that I don't love working with my dogs and husband every day. 

My girls all started school remotely and only this week have returned to the building part time. In the "hybrid school model" all the students are online on Mondays, then on Tuesday and Thursdays, students with the last names beginning A through L (ish) attend classes in the building. The rest attend online those days and go to school on Wednesdays and Fridays while the other group stay home. It is a lot simpler then it sounds. Basically my girls all have the same schedule: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday online. Wednesday and Friday at school. 

They also have lots of preventative measures in place to keep the kiddos safe while they are there: 

• While at school, masks are on all the time. 
• They don't have lockers (in the junior high) and keep everything in their backpacks.
• Chromebooks are utilized whenever possible so that they can prevent the passing of paper between students and teachers. 
  
• drinking fountains are turned off and they only have the water-bottle fillers available for water. 
• sanitizing stations are available everywhere! By everywhere I mean in each classroom, at the school entrance, the cafeteria entrance and other main areas. 
• Band students are required to wear special masks while playing instruments and special covers ON their instruments while playing to prevent the spread of aerosol particles. 

I am sure there are others I am forgetting but that is the main ones I can think of. All I can say is my girls are mostly thrilled to be back in the classroom for the first time since before spring break. 

The numbers here in Idaho are still terrible, going up. 

Idaho Numbers: 

56,600 total cases

950 new cases
(confirmed and probable as of "today 10/22") 

553 deaths 

Numbers from Idaho Novel Coronavirus website

United States Numbers

8,387,047 total cases

222,447 deaths 

updated 10/23/2020 1:49 pm 

Numbers from covid.cdc.gov

World Wide Numbers

41,570,883 confirmed cases 

1,134,940 confirmed deaths

218 countries, areas or territories with cases 

Over a million deaths and the numbers continue to rise :( Hopefully I can stop making these updates soon.