Fairfield schools: Nearly 300 in quarantine
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FAIRFIELD Fairfield Woods Middle School dismissed early on Monday after a cafeteria worker tested positive for COVID, officials said.
“School will reopen tomorrow,” Director of Communications Andrea Clarke said Monday. “There was absolutely no student contact. Two other staff members were identified as being close contacts and are in quarantine.”
Clarke said the early dismissal was because the school could not serve lunch.
Buses began picking up students at 12:30 p.m., and officials asked families to refrain from calling the school. Coronavirus in CT
The news comes after nearly 50 people in the public schools community tested positive for COVID-19 over winter break and another 25 or so during their first week back.
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