“Rapid decline” in school COVID cases

The superintendent of Oconee public schools, Dr. Michael Thorsland, reported to the county board of trustees tonight that after ballooning COVID-19 cases in January, the number of virus cases is on a “rapid decline” with one-half of February finished.  And it led Thorsland to further announce that it is the district’s intentions in August—the start of the next school year– to scuttle classroom meals in favor of a return to cafeteria meals.  Another sign, perhaps, of the easing of the pandemic and its new life, Thorsland believes, of being treated as if it were an influenza strain.  Another area that district administrators are keeping their eyes on is whether the numbers of home school students will fall back to their pre-pandemic levels.