"Urbandale Schools has been in close coordination with state public health officials, who have determined that there is currently no known exposure of students to any confirmed cases of COVID-19," spokesperson Nola Aigner Davis said in an email.
Due to the increase in new COVID-19 cases reported in central Iowa, beginning at 5 PM Tuesday, June 30, 2020, city buildings, departments, and facilities are closed to the public until further notice, including:
(ááárheyaááá) some urbandale students - already back to school - will continue with online classes until august 20th. Confirmed Cases 10,324. Type at least three characters to start auto complete. Even after hearing the update from the Polk County Department of Health, Larson said they will likely remain in self-quarantine.As a "foodie" and baker with a fully-stocked kitchen and nearby friends and family, she wasn’t worried about running low on food or cleaning supplies. ... COVID-19 is spreading in Iowa … The Iowa Department of Education declined the Urbandale school district’s request to extend 100% online learning for its year-round school, just a day before the formal application for online exemptions launches for all school districts. "There are no additional measures that parents need to take beyond what is recommended for all Iowans. As of Saturday morning, at least 46,000 schools have closed or are scheduled to close, affecting at least 21 million students, according to Education Week. "She and her husband, who is working from home, decided they would fully quarantine themselves and assume they had been exposed to the highly contagious virus until they were told otherwise. Sarah Larson's stomach has been "in knots" since Monday night, when she checked her email — as she anxiously does every few minutes for coronavirus updates — and learned that an employee at her 7-year-old son’s school was diagnosed with COVID-19.Just before 7 p.m. Monday, an email to Urbandale Community School District families announced that somebody who works at Karen Acres Elementary School tested positive for the virus. "My stomach has been in knots since I read the (first) email," she said. Urbandale schools will be closed for four weeks starting Monday, following the statewide recommendation by Gov. The Weather Channel makes every effort to provide the most up-to-date and accurate data available and uses quality assurance procedures to minimize and correct errors. At 10 a.m. Tuesday, the state was reporting 885 COVID-19-related deaths, an increase of seven deaths since the state's tally at 10 a.m. Monday, according to the state's Coronavirus.Iowa.gov website. These sources update and report data on various regular and irregular schedules, so from time to time there may be discrepancies between data reported here and data reported by individual sources. Another seven people with COVID-19 have died and there have been an additional 181 confirmed cases, the state reported Tuesday. Iowa COVID-19 numbers. Latest COVID-19 coronavirus data and map for Urbandale, IA ... Urbandale, IA Polk County As of Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 8:21 PM EDT. The first option will be automatically selected.
Update: Tuesday, June 30: Urbandale Closing City Facilities. Kim Reynolds arrives to update the state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak during a news conference, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Urbandale, Iowa. 6% Since last week. "Parents and students walk to the new school entrance Thursday at Karen Acres Elementary School in Urbandale.
He replied to say he would alert "parents of students who potentially could have been exposed to the employee who tested positive, based upon the employee's position in the school." By Iowa Capital Dispatch/States Newsroom , … But she said the stress of waiting for more information was getting to her.