On Wednesday, Nov. 25, Governor Kate Brown announced a new health and safety framework for counties based on their level of COVID-19 spread: Extreme Risk, High Risk, Moderate Risk, and Lower Risk. These designations first went into effect on Thursday, Dec. 3, and will be in place through Thursday, Dec. 17; subsequent designations will also be for two-week periods. County data will continue to be published weekly, and Warning Week data will be issued to counties to prepare for potential risk level changes at the end of the current two-week period.
Washington County was among twenty-five to be placed in the Extreme Risk category, based on health metrics at the time of the designation, which showed a COVID-19 case rate of 411.5 per 100,000 of population, test positivity rate of 8.6%, and a total case count of 2,524 (Washington County data for 11/15/20 - 11/28/20).
Oregon’s Risk and Protection Framework was actually based upon the health metrics that are currently in place for schools and districts; they are now simply being applied in a broader way across the state. And just as the Governor’s initial two-week freeze did not have operational implications for schools and districts under the Ready Schools, Safe Learners guidance, neither does the new health and safety framework.
The key for lowering COVID cases and returning students to in-person learning is continuing to wear a mask, practice good health hygiene habits, maintain physical distance between yourself and others, and limit the size of gatherings.
Recently, the Oregon Health Authority released some information about how to determine who is really in your “bubble.” Click here for more information…
Featured Event:Beaverton Comcast Xfinity Donation
Many thanks to Christopher Friz and the rest of the team at the Beaverton Comcast Xfinity branch for their generous donation of 500 bags of items for students to use during Comprehensive Distance Learning…
Bond Update: Blue Jay Selected as Mascot for Atfalati Ridge
After a community-wide survey, including over 200 North Plains students, the blue jay was selected as the mascot for the new Atfalati Ridge Elementary School in North Plains...
Photo Credit: Bob Kushner/Audubon Photography Awards
Glencoe students will perform a staged reading of seven short plays created to help end gun violence as part of a national effort entitled #Enough on Monday, Dec. 14...
Join Senior Deputy District Attorney Andy Pulver as he details the latest online threats to children and how to guard against them in a free webinar for parents and guardians on Thursday, Dec. 10…
The Inukai Boys & Girls Club in Hillsboro will be offering free COVID-19 drive-through testing and flu shots on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m...
Apply for Oregon’s COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee
The Oregon Health Authority is establishing a Vaccine Advisory Committee to create a vaccine distribution plan that centers equity; applications are due Dec. 14...
Join K-8 students and families from across the District on a scavenger hunt! Walk or bike around your neighborhood and look for items on the activity sheet; when you get home, draw a picture of the coolest thing you saw for a chance to win a light-up scooter...
The Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce has put together a Holiday Guide featuring all the ways you can shop, eat, spend, and enjoy locally this holiday season…
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