This fall, parents and school employees have been forced to make extremely tough choices with scant, confusing and often contradictory health and safety guidance from their local, state and federal government.
In fact, the state of Florida has now gone so far as issuing gag orders on local health departments — in Duval, Orange and Flagler — keeping them from releasing Covid-19 data in schools.
Against this backdrop, FEA’s Safe Schools Report is an effort to collect and display important, factual information surrounding the opening of school campuses across the state. We hope that in some small way the information displayed on this page will help our members and Florida’s families find the crucial information they need to navigate the competing concerns brought on by the pandemic.
The Safe Schools Report is updated on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. It was last updated on Sep. 22 at 4:43 p.m.
13
Florida educators and family members who have died from Covid-19 since Commissioner Corcoran’s July 6 Reopening Order.
- Date | Name | County
- Sep. 20 | Shyla Pennington, Volusia, Teaching Assistant
- Aug. 30 | Juan Carlos Sosa, Osceola, Custodian
- Aug. 20 | JoAnna Odom, Bay, Teacher
- Aug. 20 | Jason Stein, Broward, Athletic Director
- Aug. 13 | James "Jim" Hilliker, Palm Beach,
- Aug. 11 | Jacqueline Byrd, Leon, Employee family member
- Aug. 11 | Elias Ramirez, Putnam, Teacher/Dean
- Aug. 1 | Troyanne "Ann" Hamm, Alachua, Bus Driver
- July 27 | Robert Shackelford, Sarasota, Teacher
- July 26 | Joe Austin, Santa Rosa, High school coach
- July 19 | Renee Dermott, Pasco, Teacher
- July 26 | Karen Bradwell, Leon, Mentoring Program Manager
- July 19 | Jordan Byrd, Leon, Custodian
(Above is a partial list based on published news reports. To submit additional information please use the form below.)
13.5%
Florida’s statewide Covid-19 pediatric positive testing rate. The Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends 5% as the upper threshold of testing for students to return to school.
51 counties are above 10%.
(source)
1,821
Confirmed Florida PreK-12 students and staff who’ve tested positive for Covid-19.
- Orange, 1 student
- Wakulla, 1 student
- Okeechobee, 1 student
- Miami-Dade, 578 employees
- Manatee, unspecified
- Orange, 192 employees
- Gadsden, 8 employees
- Charlotte, 2 students
- Polk, 1 case
- Brevard, 15 employees
- Pinellas, 6 cases
- St. Lucie, 3 employees
- Osceola, 11 students and employees
- Lake, 8 cases
- Levy, 1 student
- St. Lucie, 1 student
- Hamilton, 1 student
- Suwannee, 1 student, 3 employees
- Osceola, 10 employees
- St. Lucie, 1 student
- Flagler, 2 employees
- Indian River, 1 student
- Indian River, 2 students
- Santa Rosa, 1 student
- Escambia, 3 cases
- St. Lucie, 1 student, 1 employee
- Osceola, 1 student
- Highlands, at least 6 students and staff
- St. Lucie, 1 student
- Pinellas, 12 students and staff
- Manatee, 2 students and staff
- Alachua, 1 student
- Pinellas, 8 staff
- Volusia, 2 students, 6 staff
- Nassau, 10 cases
- Walton, 1 student, 1 staff
- Indian River, 1 student
- St. Johns, 1 student
- Pasco, 1 case
- Indian River, 1 student
- Lake, 6 cases
- Osceola, 15 cases
- Nassau, 10 cases
- Escambia, 18 cases
- Indian River, 2 students, 1 employee
- Indian River, 2 students
- St. Lucie, 2 students, 1 employee
- Indian River, 3 students
- Brevard Public Schools Covid-19 Dashboard
- Duval County Public Schools Covid-19 Dashboard
- Hernando County School Distirct Covid-19 Reporting
- Hillsborough County Public Schools Covid-19 Dashboard
- Leon County Schools Covid-19 Dashboard
- Orange County Public Schools Covid-19 Dashboard
- Polk County Public Schools Covid-19 Dashboard
- Putnam County Public District Covid-19 Dashboard
(Above is a partial list based on published news reports and cumulative school district reports. To submit additional information please use the form below.)
3,053
Confirmed Florida higher education students and staff who’ve tested positive for Covid-19.
(Above is a partial list based on published news reports and cumulative university reports. To submit additional information please use the form below.)
6
Confirmed full-school closings since the first Florida schools started to reopen on Aug. 10.
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(Above is a partial list based on published news reports. To submit additional information please use the form below.)
424
Confirmed classroom closings and quarantines since the first Florida schools started to reopen on Aug. 10. This list includes full and partial classroom closings, as well as the classrooms from the full-school closings above.
- Martin, 4 classes
- Seminole, 2 classes
- Martin, 10 classes
- Bradford, 1 class
- Wakulla, 1 class
- Okeechobee, 1 class
- Jackson, 10 classes
- Osceola, 30 classes
- Levy, 1 class
- Pinellas, 8 classes
- Brevard, 25 classes
- Alachua, 1 class
- Brevard, 2 classes
- Pasco, 26 classes
- Orange, 104 classes
- Leon, 45 classes
- Orange, 117 classes
- Leon, 34 classes
(Above is a partial list based on published news reports. To submit additional information please use the form below.)
Want to share something about your school or district’s reopening?
Please to complete the reporting form to provide vital information if you have information regarding:
- An outbreak in a school or worksite
- A school worksite or classroom closure related to Covid-19
- A suppression of Covid exposure information
- A lack of adequate district/school administrator response to confirmed Covid cases
- Any other Covid related concern
Please leave your contact information to allow for confirmation, and we will guard your personal information and only share with your expressed permission.
If you fear retaliation, or wish to remain anonymous for any reason, you may fill the form only identifying your county and role.
If you have an active health and safety emergency requiring immediate attention please contact your local union. If you are seeking legal assistance, please also contact your local union.