TCCS confirmed this week that SHS over-reported the number of COVID-19 cases at the 5Cs in recent weeks, leading to inconsistent dashboard numbers.
Tag: COVID-19
Senior week trips discouraged by ASPC, shortened by ASHMC due to COVID concerns
Traditional senior trips to San Diego were impacted by student leaders’ concern about COVID-19 exposure before commencement ceremonies.
Students lived alongside infected peers after CMC and Mudd ran out of isolation space
As COVID-19 cases surged to unprecedented levels at the 5Cs throughout April, Claremont McKenna College and Harvey Mudd College quickly found themselves in a complicated position: they didn’t have enough isolation space for everyone who tested positive.
Exempted and exposed: What to do when you can’t take a PCR test?
The recent spike in COVID-19 cases at the 5Cs exposures has meant exposure to positive individuals has also likely increased. With students who’ve tested positive exempt from PCR testing during the 90 day recovery period, what should they do if they’ve been re-exposed?
OPINION: Staying positive when you’re positive
You can always find ways to remain positive about and adapt to your situation, even in COVID isolation, writes guest columnist Vidusshi Hingad PO ’25.
A tenth of 5C students have tested positive since spring break
With at least 264 new cases reported since Monday, 10 percent of 5C students have now tested positive since spring break. But officials expressed optimism that mitigation efforts would pay off.
Claremont Unified School District loses federal funding for free COVID tests
Los Angeles County is losing its free testing sites. Among the services that have been cut in recent weeks is the free COVID-19 testing program in Claremont’s public schools, putting some parents in a tight spot.
5Cs sharply restrict activities as case count exceeds 200 this week
At least 190 people have tested positive across the Claremont Colleges since Monday, intensifying a surge in COVID-19 cases that began after students returned from spring break in late March.
OPINION: Isolated students are being shut out of the 5C learning community
Pitzer College and the other 5Cs must ensure that all quarantined students have a way to access class virtually, instead of leaving it up to individual students and professors to arrange, writes Annika White PZ ’25.
5Cs take measures to address post-spring break COVID-19 spike on campus
The rise in COVID-19 cases across the 5Cs following students’ return from spring break is leading 5C administrators to respond with several pertinent changes, some effective immediately.