Hood River County School District Superintendent Rich Polkinghorn says they are taking things day to day as they manage the Omicron surge of COVID-19. Polkinghorn says they are stressing the importance of staying home if showing any symptoms of illness. He added that last week they saw an increase in the amount of COVID testing they did last week. Polkinghorn estimated they had about a two percent absenteeism rate among both students and staff last week.