There are currently no cases of MRSA in the RCS school district.

So noted AWB Nurse Patti Lefevre on Monday as she updated the RCS Board of Education on the spread of the bacteria-borne illness. There had  been rumors in the community of new cases in RCS, but she said those rumors are false. 

The victim of RCS' lone reported "non-reportable" MRSA case - a student at Pieter B. Coeymans Elementary School - has healed and no new cases have been reported, said LeFevre, who was accompanied by all of the district's nurses.

She also reported that the district has been in contact with the Centers for Disease Control, state Health Department and district physician Dr. Philip Drew for updates and information on MRSA.

During a conference call last week, Dr. Drew assured RCS nurses, administrators and others that the district is taking the appropriate preventive actions in addressing the bacteria.