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Another high school in Fairfield County is contending with a small new outbreak of COVID-19 cases.
Aaron Crook, the Ridgefield Public School District’s COVID-19 health and safety compliance liaison, announced this week that there were six new infections reported at the high school, though none of the individuals were recently in the building.
Because the newly infected parties were not in the building, Crook said that they did not expose other students or staffers and no contact tracing is necessary.
“I have conferred with Town of Ridgefield Health Director, Ed Briggs, and RPS Medical Advisor, Dr. James Ahern about these cases,” Crook wrote to parents on Wednesday, Jan. 6. “Please wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance.
Students and Staff at RHS and SRMS Quarantine Due to COVID Cases Written by HH
RPS COVID-19 Health and Safety Compliance Liaison Aaron Crook reported that yesterday, the District learned that a member of the Ridgefield High School community has tested positive for COVID-19. This individual was in the RHS building while potentially infectious to others on Monday, January 4th. As a result of this Crook said that 14 students and 4 staff were placed in quarantine for 10 days.
Contact tracing for this case has been completed.
Crook said that the District also learned yesterday that a member of the Scotts Ridge Middle School Community is presumed positive for COVID-19. This individual was in the SRMS building while potentially infectious to others on Monday, January 4th. 16 students and 4 staff were placed in quarantine for 10 days.
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Another high school in Fairfield County is contending with a small new outbreak of COVID-19 cases.
Aaron Crook, the Ridgefield Public School District’s COVID-19 health and safety compliance liaison, announced this week that there were six new infections reported at the high school, though none of the individuals were recently in the building.
Because the newly infected parties were not in the building, Crook said that they did not expose other students or staffers and no contact tracing is necessary.
“I have conferred with Town of Ridgefield Health Director, Ed Briggs, and RPS Medical Advisor, Dr. James Ahern about these cases,” Crook wrote to parents on Wednesday, Jan. 6. “Please wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance.
All Ridgefield schools return to hybrid model
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RIDGEFIELD It will be “hybrid learning” meaning smaller groups of students will be in school buildings at different times when classes resume in Ridgefield schools on Monday, Jan. 4.
“Reducing person density in our school buildings is a mitigation strategy to further prevent the spread of COVID-19,” said Aaron Crook, the school system’s COVID-19 health and safety liaison. “. We will also be communicating additional information to RPS families and faculty about mitigation efforts before we return to hybrid learning on Jan. 4.”
While Ridgefield High School and the two middle schools had been on hybrid learning before vacation, for most of the last two months the elementary schools had been inviting a full compliment of students in to classes every day although some families preferred “remote learning” over t