The Ada Schools issued the following announcement, regarding masking on Ada school buses, on Feb. 16, 2022:

Dear Bulldog Community,

As we continue to monitor our district COVID Safety Plan, we are encouraged to report that we have seen a significant decrease in positive cases in Hardin County and within Ada Schools during the month of February.  As a result, we have adjusted our safety plan and updated the plan on our school website.  The plan has been revised to allow for “optional masking” on the school buses beginning Feb. 22, 2022.  

We appreciate our communities’ and families' flexibility as we hope to continue to return to normalcy while keeping students and staff safe.  We will continue to monitor our situation and revise the plan as circumstances change.

Robin VanBuskirk
Superintendent

The Ohio Department of Health reports new and cumulative COVID cases for students and staff at https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/dashboards/schools-and-children/schools.

On February 16, the dashboard showed a total of 95 student cases and 30 staff cases for the current school year.

On February 16, the CDC's Covid Data Tracker https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home showed 64 cases and -50.77% change in the case rate across 7 days.