Virginia’s health department has launched a new coronavirus dashboard that will track COVID-19 cases in educational settings.

The online page will list outbreaks in kindergarten through 12th grade public and private schools across the commonwealth, including associated cases and deaths. It will be updated every Friday.

According to a statement from Virginia Department of Health, the dashboard will only display cases related to outbreaks if transmission occurred at the school or a school-sponsored event. It will not track the total number of cases for students and staff not related to a specific outbreak.

Only two schools in the commonwealth reported outbreaks per the dashboard as of Friday — Rivermont School in Lynchburg and Meadow View Elementary School in Henry County.

The new tool comes as school across the D.C. region release plans to gradually bring students back into the classrooms for in-person learning over the next several weeks.

Fairfax County Public Schools announced its plan on Friday to return elementary and special needs students to classrooms by mid-November. Under Superintendent Scott Brabrands’ proposal, schools will open for pre-K, kindergarten, and specialized education support students on Nov. 16. Two weeks later on Nov. 30, in-person learning will begin for first and second graders and more specialized education learners.

The system plans to employ a “concurrent” learning style across all schools. Students will receive two days of in-person instruction from a teacher, while the remaining classmates who have opted to continue virtual learning follow along in real-time from home. Pilot programs of the concurrent model are underway across several grade levels. Brabrand says updates on the program will be brought to the school board for review on Nov. 12.

The Alexandria City Public Schools board approved a plan on Wednesday to bring hundreds of elementary and middle schoolers back to classrooms over the next several months. Under Superintendent Gregory C.  Hutchings Jr.’s proposal, young children with learning disabilities and English-language learners will return for in-person education sometime in November. Remaining elementary and middle school students who have opted for in-person learning will return over the months of January and February next year.

And in Loudoun County, public school officials updated reopening plans in mid-October, tentatively setting Tuesday as a return-to-classrooms date for groups of kindergarten, first, and second grade students. Upper-level elementary students are slated to begin in-person instruction on Dec. 1.

School reopening plans have been controversial across the region (and the country) for months, as officials weigh the risks of keeping students at home with the risks of coronavirus spread when bringing students into classrooms. Aside from Virginia’s tracker, many systems in the D.C. area haven’t provided updates on how — or if — they will present information on COVID-19 infections in their schools.