8 active staff cases, 4 recovered, for a total of 12 cumulative staff cases • 5 active student cases, 6 recovered, for cumulative total of 11 student cases
Ada schools will continue to go "remote" according to Meri Skilliter, superintendent. She updated the school community on several aspects involving covid-19 in a letter posted Friday afternoon on the school website. That letter follows:
We just completed our second week of remote learning, and we appreciate our students and staff who have adjusted once again.
Please know our goal is to get students back in the classroom as soon as possible. At the time we made the decision to go remote, we had so many teachers with cases, or quarantined due to exposure, that we didn’t have enough substitute teachers to cover all the classes.
The Allen County Commissioners approved a petition on Nov. 12 by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to close access from Cool Road on both the north and south sides of U.S. 30, and Mayberry Road on the south side only at U.S. 30.
The closures are just one part of a safety project, which includes the construction of a restricted crossing U-turn (RCUT) at U.S. 30 and Thayer Road.
“We did conduct a public involvement process that started back in July and included a 30-day comment period. Based on community feedback, changes were made to address concerns expressed by local residents and businesses.
In a statewide address to Ohioans Wednesday evening, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine called on citizens to recommit to their individual efforts to prevent coronavirus spread as Ohio moves through its most intense, widespread, and dangerous surge of cases to date.
Ohio is currently facing a record number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations and intensive care admissions, with nearly 3,000 people in the hospital, including more than 700 people in the ICU. During the first week of November alone, 104 Ohioans infected with the coronavirus died.
There’s a new blue and white diesel in town and it's beginning to make its presence known.
It’s the Ada Liberty Township new 2020 EMS ambulance, and it replaces a 2010 International that has served the community very well for the past decade, according to Tom Miller, EMS chief.
Built on a Ford chassis, the new ambulance was customer built to Ada EMS specifications by Braun Custom Ambulances of Van Wert.
The vehicle arrived in Ada near the end of September and after a one to two week equipment transfer it began service in early October.
