New COVID-19 protocols such as seating charts and close proximity contact tracing have been established since the return to hybrid model as of Nov. 30.
After an evaluation of the COVID protocols at Staples, the Westport/Weston Health district and medical advisor Dr. Norman Weinberger, the policy for contact tracing has been modified to only quarantine students in close proximity to positive cases. To have an accurate model of which students are close to one another, teachers are making seating charts that can be used if a student were to contract COVID-19.
“We intend to take a more precise approach when determining ‘close contacts’ and recommending a self-quarantine,” Superintendent Thomas Scarice wrote in an email sent out on Nov. 25.