Letter to the editor: Worried about the number of COVID-19 cases  at BGPS

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I am a Battle Ground High School student who is worried about the number of COVID-19 cases in my school district. The Battle Ground Public Schools website recently stated that the district has had 1,814 cases this year. The more concerning fact is that 593 of those were from the last week of January alone. In addition, 239 of this school year’s cases were from students at my high school (that’s 12.91% of the students enrolled there). As someone who has high-risk family members, I’m not comfortable with those numbers. Nevertheless, it is a priority for our schools to remain to teach in-person, and if I don’t attend my classes, I risk not graduating on time. I can’t help but wonder if there are further actions our governor or board of education could be taking to protect its students and employees.

Ava Morris-Crooks,

Battle Ground