For the week of 11/30/20 - 12/4/20, the Willow Springs School District was notified by the Howell County Health Department of a positive Covid test for a middle school teacher and a positive Covid test for a middle school student.  Contact tracing was completed on each of these individuals and any person who had close contact with them has been contacted and provided specific guidance. 

For the week 11/16/20 - 11/20/20, the Willow Springs School District was notified by the Howell County Health Department of a positive Covid test for a middle school teacher and presumptive positive tests for a middle school student and a high school student.  A presumptive positive is defined as a student who lives in the same household with someone who has tested positive, has started showing symptoms, but has not actually been tested.  Contact tracing was completed on each of these individuals and any person who had close contact with them has been contacted and provided specific guidance.

To Willow Springs R-IV Parents.
​As we finish this first quarter of the school year, I would like to remind parents of some key elements of the district’s reentry plan.  It is essential that the school and the parents work together.  As such, please screen your child for temperature each day before sending them to school and keep them home if they have an elevated temperature of 100.0 or higher. There have been several instances where students were brought to school even though they were showing symptoms.  Also, please screen for additional symptoms including: shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, coughing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, or sore throat.  Students exhibiting these symptoms that cannot otherwise be explained should be kept home from school.  Also, if your child has been tested for Covid-19, they are not to come back to school until the school has received the results of those tests.  Thank you for your continued support.
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William Hall
Superintendent of Schools
Willow Springs R-IV School District

On Thursday, October 29, 2020 the Willow Springs School District was informed by the Howell County Health Department of four positive Covid-19 cases of a high school student, two middle school students, and a middle school staff member. Contact tracing has been completed for these individuals and any person who had close contact with them has been contacted and provided specific guidance.   

On Wednesday, October 28th, the Willow Springs School District was informed by the Howell County Health Department of two positive Covid-19 cases, one of a student attending Willow Springs Middle School and the other a staff member at Willow Springs Elementary School.  Contact tracing has been completed for both of these individuals and any person who had close contact with either of them has been contacted and provided specific guidance.

On Monday, October 26th, the Willow Springs School District was informed by the Howell County Health Department of a positive Covid-19 case of a staff member at Willow Springs High School.  The school district was again contacted by the health department on Tuesday, October 27th of a positive Covid-19 case of a student attending Willow Springs Elementary School.  Contact tracing has been completed for both the staff member and the student and any person who had close contact with either of these individuals has been contacted and provided specific guidance.

On October 14th and October 15th, the Willow Springs School District was informed by the Howell County Health Department of two positive Covid-19 cases of students attending Willow Springs High School, one on each day.   Contact tracing has been completed for those students and any person who had close contact with them has been contacted and provided specific guidance.

On Wednesday, October 7, 2020 the Willow Springs School District was informed by the Howell County Health Department of five positive Covid-19 cases involving a high school staff member, a middle school staff member, an elementary school staff member, a high school student and a middle school student.   Contact tracing has been completed for these individuals and any person who had close contact has been contacted and provided specific guidance.

On Thursday, October 1, 2020, the Willow Springs School District was notified of three positive Covid cases for a high school staff member, a high school student, and an elementary school staff member.  Contact tracing has been completed and close contacts notified and provided specific guidance.