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Killeen ISD COVID-19 Dashboard

 In an attempt to gather and share data about the number of COVID-19 cases, Killeen Independent School District has introduced a COVID-19 Dashboard on its website – https://www.killeenisd.org/dashboard . The COVID-19 Dashboard shows the number of confirmed cases among students and employees, and is updated regularly to reflect voluntarily submitted COVID-19 tests. A list of COVID-19 campus contacts is also provided, displaying the name of the campus, nurse in-charge, and contact numbers for all campuses. Through the dashboard, KISD monitors a ten-day total of new COVID-19 cases. Parents are required to report lab-confirmed COVID-19 test results to the campus nurse. Data is refreshed daily at 5:00 AM, and the total number of positive cases is divided by the total number of students and employees on a given campus to determine a campus threshold level. If this percentage is more than 5 percent, an investigation may be conducted to determine the likelihood of a communal spread and dec...