Enrollment numbers were updated on 10/14 to reflect the Average Daily Membership at PRS for the 2021-2022 school year. The numbers at PRES do not include the Pre-K Learners (85). Pre-K Learners are included in the District Total Enrollment.

Here is a link to the historical data. Please note that due to lag time in case reports, the linked data may show different totals than the previously posted tables.

9/28/2021

Pike Road Family,

At the board meeting yesterday, the board accepted my recommendation to make masks preferred on all of our campuses. This means that, while masks are not required on any of the campuses, we still prefer that students wear masks. This is especially important as our patriots are transported each day on our buses. 

This decision was made based on the data that shows that our positive and suspected positive case rate has decreased over the last few weeks:

I still believe that wearing masks is one of many effective tools we have in our toolbox to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as well as other communicable diseases, such as the flu. Further, It continues to be a top priority to keep our students, faculty, and staff healthy and in school. Therefore, in addition to making masks preferred on all campuses, we have also put in place a 3% threshold that we will use to guide our decision about masking going forward. If 3% of the student population on any campus is positive or suspected positive, we will require masking on that campus. Masks will remain mandatory until the percentage of positive and suspected positive cases drops below 3%.

As I have said in the past, thank you for your continued support and engagement on this and many other topics that are important to the success of our school system. 

Dr. C.L. (Chuck) Ledbetter, Ed. D
Superintendent

While we are encouraged to see that the number of cases decreased from week 3 to week 4, we would like to see a continued downward trend. We will gather additional data over the next two weeks and I will make a recommendation based on our data at the board meeting that will be held on September 27th.

According to a letter on August 12, 2021, from Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris to school officials, he wrote the following:

COVID-19 is an infectious disease and any individual that tests positive or is reported to the Alabama Department of Public Health as suspected of having COVID-19 is required to isolate for 10 days. In addition,  the Alabama Department of Public Health is receiving reports about close contacts that are not quarantining. Any close contact that does not meet an exception to quarantine should quarantine for 10-14 days to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. (emphasis ours)

We will continue to require masking in all of our buildings. We will continue to send students and staff home if they are sick. We will continue to notify parents if their child is a close contact of a positive or suspected positive case per the ADPH guidelines: within 3 feet for a cumulative 15 minutes while masking. While only the ADPH can require anyone to quarantine, we will continue to allow excused absences for any families who choose to self-isolate due to contact with a positive or suspected positive case.

Thank you for your continued support as we navigate this difficult issue. Family involvement is a hallmark of a great school system and I continue to be grateful for the way in which our community engages in this and so many other important areas. The best way forward is to go together. Thank you for partnering with the Pike Road School System to create a culture of intellectual curiosity where our students have ownership of their learning and are inspired to think, innovate, and create!

C.L. (Chuck) Ledbetter, Ed. D.
Superintendent

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Alabama Department of Public Health

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