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Weekly Update
Rooks County School Districts’ Update - September 24, 2021 Flexible - According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, flexible is: characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing . . .
Senior Night Volleyball
It was a great night for Trojan volleyball! The Logan/Palco volleyball team had their only Palco home volleyball game on Tuesday, September 7, as they took on the Wheatland/Grinnell Thunderhawks and the Quinter Bulldogs. Varsity took a tough . . .
Weekly Update
Rooks County School Districts’ Update - September 10, 2021 As we begin the new school year, we want to share information with you from our Rooks County Administrative Team. Districts in . . .
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Rooks County School Districts’ COVID-19 Update The Rooks County School Districts are working together with our local health providers to keep our students, staff, and community safe. Once again, . . .
Weekly Update
Rooks County currently has no active cases of COVID-19 in the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 0.0% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate is at 2.2% this week. . . .
Weekly Update
Rooks County continues to see a decrease in new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 0.0% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate is at 6.2% this week. Rooks . . .
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2021-3-12 Rooks County continues to see a decrease in new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 0.3% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate is at 9.3% . . .
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2021-3-5 Rooks County continues to see a decrease in new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 0.7% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate is at 10.1% . . .
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2021-2-26 Rooks County continues to see a decrease in new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 0.8% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate is at 13.0% this week. . . .
USD 269 Crazy Christmas
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Weekly Update
Rooks County continues to see a decrease in new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 0.8% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate is at 10.5% this week. Rooks County continues . . .
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2021-2-5 Rooks County has seen a decrease in new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. This week the absenteeism rate is at 1.3% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate is at 13.5% this week. . . .
Weekly Update
2021-1-29 Happy birthday, Kansas! Today our great state celebrates 160 years. Kansas Day is celebrated annually on January 29 to commemorate the anniversary of the state’s 1861 admission to the Union. We became . . .
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2021-1-22 Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The absenteeism rate remains the same as last week at 1.1% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate . . .
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2021-1-15 Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The absenteeism rate is decreasing and is at 1.1% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate has decreased to . . .
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2021-1-8 Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The positive testing rate has increased to 45.9% this week. The increase in the positive testing rate is related to an outbreak . . .
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2020-12-18 Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The absenteeism rate is decreasing and is at 3.9% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate has decreased . . .
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2020-12-11 Rooks County continues to see new COVID-19 cases throughout the county. The absenteeism rate is at 6.7% above the baseline from 2019-2020. The positive testing rate has decreased slightly to 27.9% this week. We continue to . . .
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2020-12-4 Rooks County continues to see a high number of new COVID-19 cases. The absenteeism rate is increasing (6.0% above the baseline from 2019-2020). The positive testing rate is 33.8% this week and the two week incident . . .
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2020-11-27 Rooks County continues to see a high number of new COVID-19 cases (65 over the last week) and still has a positivity rate of more than 40% this week. RCH reports they are still having difficulty finding . . .
November 20 Update
All districts in Rooks County will be on an extended Thanksgiving break next week with NO School the week of November 23-28. Please enjoy this time with your immediate family. We encourage you to relax and . . .
November 9 ANNOUNCEMENT
USD 269 COVID-19 School Update: Due to quarantine and positive cases of COVID within our staff and students, USD 269 will learn remotely until Tuesday, November 24 th . This difficult decision was made by the . . .
November 8 Update
USD 269 SCHOOL CLOSURES MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9,2020 USD 269 will not be in session on Monday, November 9, 2020 to allow for buildings to be . . .
Weekly Update
We have seen an increase in positive cases within our county. The absenteeism rate remains low (2.3% above baseline from 2019-2020). The positive testing rate has remained stable from last week. There is an increase in the . . .
Weekly Update
Rooks County schools have seen no significant change in COVID-19 activity this week. While we have some students who are quarantined at home, we have no known transmission of COVID in our schools. Our decision is based on a . . .
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2020-10-16 Rooks County schools have had a decrease in COVID-19 activity this week. While we have some students who are quarantined at home, we have no known transmission of COVID in our schools. Our decision . . .
Update for October 9
Rooks County continues to have significant COVID-19 activity, including new positives and deaths since our last update. While we have some students who are quarantined at home, we have no known transmission of . . .
Update for October 2
Rooks County continues to have significant COVID-19 activity, including new positives and deaths since our update on Monday. Our schools currently have three modified quarantine learning groups based on exposure at . . .
Update for September 28
Rooks County experienced a dramatic increase in COVID-19 activity over the weekend with 32 new positives and three deaths. There are currently 36 active cases within the county, including several that impact . . .
Weekly Update from USD 269 and the Rooks County Health Department
The weekly new COVID-19 cases in Rooks County have doubled in just one short week, from an average of 9 new cases per week to 18 new cases in the past seven days. Last week at this time we had 11 active cases in our . . .
Weekly Update
For the week of September 21 through 25, all schools in Rooks County plan to continue with in-person learning. Our decision is based on a continued low level of absenteeism in the schools (only 0.5% above baseline from the 2019-2020 school . . .
A Note from USD 269
As we settle into the 2020-2021 school year, we want to share information from our school team to you, the families who entrust us with your children. All schools in our county are participating in a weekly call to review . . .
USD 269 Reopening Plan
The following plan was approved by the USD 269 Board of Education on August 5, 2020. Please feel free to contact the school administrators with any questions you have. USD 269 Phased Plan for . . .
Rooster Tales!
Another great source of information...
Be sure to read your copy of Rooster Tales each month. It's another great source of information regarding the school activities. Look under the "Parents & Students" section above for the electronic version. . . .
