FAYETTEVILLE -- School districts in Northwest Arkansas on Thursday started reporting cases of covid-19 in students, teachers and staff members.
Bentonville had eight cases among students and/or staff and 42 individuals were in quarantine, according to Leslee Wright, spokeswoman for the district.
Affected campuses include Bentonville High School, West High School, Grimsley Junior High School, Central Park Elementary School, Baker Elementary School and Jones Elementary School.
Rogers had eight cases of students and/or staff and an additional seven in quarantine, according to Ashley Siweic, spokeswoman for the district.
Four students have tested positive for covid-19, according to a statement from Fayetteville. Sixteen students and six staff members are in quarantine.
Springdale had six cases among students and staff, according to a webpage, go.sdale.org/covid, that will be updated daily, according to a news release. The webpage will show the number of cases and how many probable close contacts are in which schools. The cases and 51 people considered probable close contacts are in Elmdale Elementary School, Hunt Elementary School, Turnbow Elementary School, Kelly Middle School and Tyson School of Innovation.
The rate of new cases per 10,000 residents in each school district is available on the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement's website but is not updated as often as some individual school district websites.