May 27, 2021

From the Office of the Superintendent

To Our TCSS Families, Faculty, Staff, and Community,

As we first shared at the start of the school year, the Tuscaloosa County School System is compiling data regarding COVID-19 and its impact on our schools. Although there are many aspects of student, employee, and health-related information we are unable to share publicly, due to the need to protect the privacy of individuals, there is information we can and want to share with you. This is a way to keep our community informed of the current COVID-19 situation within our schools. If a student or faculty/staff member is identified as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case within the school, they will be contacted directly by their school.

The information below reflects cases from May 14 - 27, 2021. This information is compiled by our TCSS Department of Health Services, working in conjunction with administration at local schools. Scroll to the bottom of this page for all previous updates.

We are aware of 19 TCSS students or employees who tested positive for COVID-19 during this time period. TCSS has approximately 19,000 students, enrolled across 34 schools, with 2,275 faculty/staff members. Our most recent data showed approximately 85 percent of our students as on-campus learners. Based on this figure, the 19 positive COVID-19 cases represent 0.1 percent of our current on-campus student and employee population.

During this time period, a total of 143 students or employees have had to quarantine, due to possible COVID-19 exposure. This is approximately 0.78 percent of our current on-campus student and employee population. TCSS identified these individuals following Alabama Department of Public Health guidelines. They were not identified because they displayed COVID-19 symptoms, but because they were determined to be close contacts of positive cases within our schools.

During this time period, the majority of schools had zero confirmed positive cases. 

Five confirmed positive cases: 1 school

Three confirmed positive cases: 2 schools

Two confirmed positive cases: 2 schools

One confirmed positive case:  4 schools

Zero confirmed positive cases: 25 schools

We do not have a total number of faculty/staff who have quarantined due to COVID-19 exposure since the start of school. However, the total numbers of positive COVID-19 cases and individuals who have had to quarantine during this time period include faculty and staff members.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from April 30 - May 14, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from April 16 - April 30, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from April 2 - April 16, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from March 12 - April 2, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from February 26 - March 12, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from February 12 - February 26, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from January 29 - February 12, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from January 15 - January 29, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from January 4 - January 15, 2021.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from December 4 - December 18, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from November 19 - December 4, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from November 6 - November 19, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from October 23 – November 6, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from October 9 – October 23, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from September 26 – October 9, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from September 11 – September 25, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from September 1 – September 11, 2020.

Visit this page for our previous update with COVID-19 data from August 20 – September 1, 2020.