Through the second week of March, absences in the Pella Community School District continue to remain low related to COVID-19.
As of Friday, 1.8% of students missed class for any reason, and 0.5% were in quarantine for COVID-19 close contact tracing and participating in virtual learning. Three positive cases among students have been in the district’s database for more than a week, with .3% of all staff members absent due to COVID-19.