DoH K-12 Guidance

Kelso Public Schools continues to work closely with the Department of Health (DOH) and Labor and Industries (L&I).

KSD COVID-19 DASHBOARD

Kelso School District is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our students and staff and maintaining open and transparent communication with our families. 

This dashboard provides recorded positive cases of COVID-19 for students and staff beginning August 21, 2022. (Scroll down for previous dashboards.)

2022-2023 COVID-19 DASHBOARD

POSITIVE TEST DATE

LOCATION

POSITIVE CASE(S)

OUTBREAK?

8-21-22

Transportation

1

No

8-23-22

Kelso High

3

No

8-24-22

Kelso High

1

No

8-24-22

Kelso Virtual Academy

1

No

8-24-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

8-28-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

8-30-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

8-30-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

8-31-22

Wallace Elementary

1

Yes

8-31-22

Kelso High

1

No

9-1-22

Wallace Elementary

3

No

9-2-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

9-2-22

Huntington Middle

2

No

9-3-22

Kelso High

3

No

9-4-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

9-6-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

9-6-22

Coweeman Middle

4

No

9-6-22

Kelso High

1

No

9-7-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

9-7-22

District Office

1

No

9-8-22

Rose Valley Elementary

1

No

9-8-22

Kelso High

1

No

9-9-22

Barnes Elementary

3

No

9-9-22

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

9-9-22

Kelso High

2

No

9-9-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

9-10-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

9-11-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

9-12-22

Wallace Elementary

2

No

9-12-22

Rose Valley Elementary

2

No

9-12-22

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

9-12-22

Kelso High

1

No

9-12-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

9-13-22

Rose Valley Elementary

1

No

9-13-22

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

9-13-22

Kelso High

1

No

9-14-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

9-14-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

9-14-22

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

9-14-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

9-15-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

9-16-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

9-17-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

9-18-22

Barnes Elementary

2

No

9-19-22

Kelso High

1

No

9-19-22

Barnes Elementary

2

No

9-20-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

9-22-22

Lexington Elementary

2

No

9-22-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

9-23-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

9-23-22

Kelso High

2

No

9-25-22

Maintenance / Transportation

1

No

9-26-22

Kelso High

2

No

9-27-22

Lexington Elementary

2

No

9-29-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

10-3-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

10-3-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

10-4-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

10-6-22

Kelso Virtual Academy

1

No

10-6-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-6-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

10-7-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

10-10-22

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

10-12-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

10-12-22

Kelso High

2

No

10-13-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-14-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-14-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

10-18-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-19-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-19-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

10-20-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-21-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

10-21-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-24-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

10-25-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

10-26-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

10-26-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-28-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

10-28-22

Kelso High

1

No

10-30-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

10-31-22

Lexington Elementary

2

No

10-31-22

District Office

1

No

11-1-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

11-1-22

Kelso High

1

No

11-1-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

11-3-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

11-3-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

11-4-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

11-4-22

Kelso High

2

No

11-4-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

11-5-22

Kelso High

1

No

11-9-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

11-9-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

11-11-22

Butler Acres

1

No

11-11-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

11-12-22

District Office

1

No

11-14-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

11-14-22

Butler Acres

1

No

11-14-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

11-14-22

Catlin Site

1

No

11-15-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

11-15-22

Coweeman Middle

3

No

11-15-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

11-16-22

Huntington Middle

2

No

11-16-22

Coweeman Middle

3

No

11-19-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

11-20-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

11-21-22

Butler Acres

1

No

11-22-22

Huntington Middle

2

No

11-26-22

Butler Acres

1

No

12-3-22

Kelso High

1

No

12-4-22

Kelso High

1

No

12-5-22

District Office

1

No

12-6-22

District Office

1

No

12-9-22

District Office

1

No

12-11-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

12-12-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

12-12-22

Kelso High

1

No

12-14-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

12-16-22

Kelso High

1

No

12-17-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

12-18-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

12-19-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

1-6-23

Wallace Elementary

1

No

1-10-23

Barnes Elementary

1

No

1-12-23

Huntington Middle School

1

No

1-13-23

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

1-16-23

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

1-16-23

Wallace Elementary

1

No

1-17-23

Coweeman Middle

5

No

1-18-23

Wallace Elementary

1

No

1-19-23

Coweeman Middle

1

No

1-19-23

Huntington Middle

1

No

1-20-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

1-22-23

Coweeman Middle

1

No

1-24-23

Catlin Site

1

No

1-27-23

Kelso High

1

No

1-27-23

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

1-30-23

Kelso High

1

No

1-31-23

Coweeman Middle

1

No

2-1-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

2-4-23

Huntington Middle

1

No

2-7-23

Huntington Middle

1

No

2-8-23

Barnes Elementary

1

No

2-9-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

2-10-23

Lexington Elementary

2

No

2-10-23

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

2-10-23

Huntington Middle

1

No

2-13-23

Huntington Middle

1

No

2-13-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

2-14-23

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

2-16-23

Kelso High

1

No

2-16-23

Carrolls Elementary

2

No

2-18-23

Kelso High

1

No

2-21-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

2-21-23

Coweeman Middle

1

No

2-28-23

Kelso High

1

No

3-2-23

Huntington Middle

1

No

3-3-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

3-6-23

Huntington Middle

1

No

3-12-23

Kelso High

1

No

3-18-23

Butler Acres

1

No

3-19-23

Coweeman Middle

1

No

3-19-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

3-20-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

3-22-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

3-24-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

3-28-23

Huntington Middle

2

No

3-28-23

Lexington Elementary

1

No

3-29-23

Lexington Elementary

2

No

4-10-23

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

4-11-23

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

4-20-23

Wallace Elementary

1

No

4-25-23

Barnes Elementary

1

No

4-25-23

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-6-23

Maintenance / Transportation

1

No

2021-2022 COVID-19 DASHBOARD: March 21, 2022 - August 13, 2022

This updated dashboard provides recorded positive cases of COVID-19 for students and staff from March 21, 2022 to August 13, 2022. (Scroll down for previous dashboards.)

POSITIVE TEST DATE

LOCATION

POSITIVE CASE(S)

OUTBREAK

3-21-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

3-23-22

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

3-25-22

District Office

1

No

3-25-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

3-28-22

Huntington Middle

2

No

3-31-22

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

4-1-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

4-10-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

4-11-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

4-12-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

4-13-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

4-16-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

4-19-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

4-20-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

4-20-22

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

4-21-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

4-21-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

4-21-22

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

4-21-22

Kelso High

1

No

4-23-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

4-25-22

Carrolls Elementary

1

No

4-26-22

Rose Valley Elementary

1

No

4-26-22

Kelso High

1

No

4-28-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

4-29-22

Barnes Elementary

2

No

4-29-22

Kelso High

1

No

5-2-22

Lexington Elementary

2

No

5-2-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

5-2-22

Butler Acres Elementary

2

No

5-3-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

5-4-22

Kelso High

1

No

5-4-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

5-6-22

Kelso High

2

No

5-7-22

District Office

1

No

5-8-22

District Office

2

No

5-9-22

Kelso High

2

No

5-10-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

5-11-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

5-11-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-11-22

Maintenance/Transportation

1

No

5-12-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-12-22

Kelso High

1

No

5-12-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

5-13-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-13-22

Kelso High

2

No

5-13-22

Maintenance/Transportation

1

No

5-14-22

District Office

1

No

5-16-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-16-22

Barnes Elementary

2

No

5-17-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

5-17-22

Butler Acres

1

No

5-17-22

Kelso High

1

No

5-17-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-18-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-18-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

5-18-22

Rose Valley

1

No

5-18-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-18-22

Lexington Elementary

2

No

5-19-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-19-22

District Office

1

No

5-19-22

Wallace Elementary

5

No

5-19-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-19-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

5-20-22

Huntington Middle

7

No

5-20-22

Butler Acres Elementary

2

No

5-20-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

5-20-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-21-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-22-22

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

5-22-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-22-22

Huntington Middle

3

No

5-22-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

5-23-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-23-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-23-22

Kelso High

1

No

5-23-22

Butler Acres Elementary

1

No

5-23-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

5-23-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

5-24-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

5-25-22

Huntington Middle

2

No

5-25-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

5-26-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-26-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

5-27-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

5-27-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-27-22

Kelso High

1

No

5-28-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

5-30-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

5-30-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

5-30-22

Kelso High

1

No

5-31-22

Lexington Elementary

2

No

5-31-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

6-1-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

6-2-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

6-3-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

6-3-22

Kelso High

3

No

6-3-22

Huntington Middle

2

No

6-3-22

Wallace Elementary

2

No

6-4-22

Maintenance/Transportation

1

No

6-4-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

6-6-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

6-6-22

Kelso High

1

No

6-7-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

6-9-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

6-9-22

Kelso Virtual Academy

1

No

6-9-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

6-10-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

6-10-22

Kelso High

1

No

6-13-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

6-13-22

Lexington Elementary

4

No

6-14-22

Coweeman Middle

1

No

6-14-22

Lexington Elementary

2

No

6-14-22

Barnes Elementary

1

No

6-15-22

Huntington Middle

1

No

6-15-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

6-15-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

6-15-22

Kelso High

1

No

6-16-22

Lexington Elementary

1

No

6-17-22

Kelso High

1

No

6-21-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

7-18-22

Wallace Elementary

2

No

7-19-22

Wallace Elementary

2

No

7-29-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

7-30-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

8-3-22

Wallace Elementary

1

No

8-13-22

Kelso High

1

No

2021-2022 COVID-19 DASHBOARD: August 2021 - March 11, 2022

This dashboard provides: 

  • classroom or school closures recommended by Cowlitz County Department of Health due to COVID-19 activity

  • confirmed positive school-based COVID-19 cases in students 

The information below is for student school-based cases only. That means only confirmed positive COVID-19 cases that were acquired at school, as determined by Department of Health, will be shown.

WHAT IS A SCHOOL-BASED CASE?

Here are a couple of examples to help explain the difference between non-school-based and school-based exposures.

Non-School-Based Exposure Example: 
Over the weekend, a student attends a family gathering where he/she is exposed to the virus. The student attends school Monday and Tuesday and then starts feeling ill. Family gets tested and the student tests positive. This particular student's initial exposure happened outside of the school setting and therefore is considered a non-school-based exposure.

School-Based Exposure Example: 
Over the weekend, a student attends a family gathering where he/she is exposed to the virus. Student attends school Monday and Tuesday and then starts feeling ill. Family gets tested and the student tests positive. After Kelso School District is made aware of a COVID positive test result by the Department of Health, the district immediately begins contact tracing any individual that was within 3 feet in a classroom setting, for a cumulative 15 minutes of time within a 24 hours period, with the infected student while at school. Any students identified in that investigation are considered close contacts. Those close contacts are immediately removed from school and they are monitored over the next 14 days while staying at home. Any of the identified close contacts that then test positive would be considered a school-based exposure. Meaning, the close contact likely received the virus from the infected student while at school.

NOTE:  The most important methods of preventing COVID-19 include wearing face coverings, maintaining a distance of 6 feet from others, washing hands frequently, and staying home when feeling ill.

2021-2022 COVID-19 DASHBOARD

CONFIRMED POSITIVE SCHOOL-BASED STUDENT COVID-19 CASES

Date Reported

Location

Classroom or School Closure

Student Tested Positive

08-18-21 to 09-07-21

All

No

0

09-08-21

Kelso High School

No

1

09-09-21 to 09-12-21

All

No

0

09-13-21

Huntington Middle School

No

1

09-14-21

Huntington Middle School

No

1

09-14-21

Kelso High School

No

2

09-15-21

Huntington Middle School

No

1

09-15-21

Lexington Elementary

No

1

09-16-21

Kelso High School

No

1

09-22-21

Butler Acres Elementary

2 classrooms closed

1

09-23-21

Butler Acres Elementary

No

1

09-24-21

Butler Acres Elementary

No

2

09-28-21

Lexington Elementary

No

1

09-29.21

Coweeman Middle School

No

1

09-29-21

Butler Acres Elementary

1 classroom closed

1

09-30-21

Barnes Elementary

1 classroom closed

1

09-30-21

Butler Acres Elementary

No

2

09-30-21

Coweeman Middle School

No

1

10-01-21

Butler Acres Elementary

1 classroom closed

0

10-02-21

Butler Acres Elementary

No

2

10-21-21

Kelso High School

No

1

12-13-21

Kelso High School

No

1

12-14-21

Huntington Middle School

No

1

12-15-21

Kelso High School

No

1

12-15-21

Huntington Middle School

No

1

12-16-21

Huntington Middle School

No

1

1-07-22

Kelso High School

No

2

1-07-22

Lexington Elementary

No

1

1-07-22

Huntington Middle School

No

1

1-07-22

Coweeman Middle School

No

1

1-10-22

Coweeman Middle School

No

1

1-11-22

Lexington Elementary

1 classroom closed

0

1-11-22

Kelso High School

No

1

1-13-22

Wallace Elementary School

No

1

1-18-22

Kelso High School

No

1

1-18-22

Huntington Middle School

No

1

1-19-22

Wallace Elementary School

No

1

1-20-22

Coweeman Middle School

No

1

1-21-22

Huntington Middle School

No

1

1-21-22

Wallace Elementary School

No

1

1-22-22 to present

All

No

0

2020-2021 COVID DASHBOARD

CONFIRMED POSITIVE SCHOOL-BASED STUDENT COVID-19 CASES

Date Reported

Location

Classroom or School Closure Required

Student Tested Positive

06.16.21 to present

All

No

0

06.15.21

Kelso High School

No

3

05.28.21 to 06.14.21

All

No

0

05.27.21

Coweeman

No

1

11.13.20 to 05.26.21

All

No

0

11.12.20

Kelso High School

No

1

09.03.20 to 11.11.20

All

No

0