Emails describe COVID outbreak at Bend High that quarantined 70 students
The football game cancellations at Bend High School came in quick succession last month after the coronavirus forced dozens of students into quarantine.
On Oct. 6, a Bend football coach emailed the school’s athletics and activities office a travel list and itinerary for a varsity football game scheduled two days later. Because of “COVID related issues,” the list of people traveling could change, he wrote.
Later that day, in an email to the same school officials, the school’s athletic director announced the cancellation of the Oct. 7 junior varsity football game due to quarantine. The Oct. 8 varsity game was also canceled after what the football coach characterized as “an outbreak amongst the football team,” according to an email he wrote. He said multiple coaches were out as well.
None of this was communicated to the public even though it came at a time when the delta variant was still prevalent throughout Oregon. The emails, part of 166 emails obtained by The Bulletin through the Oregon public records law, were examined to learn more about the spread.
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