Jan 12, 2021
Five new covid cases were reported between the Old Rochester Regional High School and Junior High in a district press release on Jan. 12.
Four of the new cases were reported at ORRHS, with the other at the Junior High.
The individuals who teated positive were last in school on Dec. 23, Jan. 6 and Jan. 8. It is unclear which positive persons correspond with which dates.
The school district did not release any further information about the cases, including whether the positive individuals are students, faculty or staff.
All schools will continue operating as normal following the cases.
For the most up-to-date information on covid in the Old Rochester Regional School District, click here.
Wicked Local
MATTAPOISETT - Superintendent Michael S. Nelson, Mattapoisett Town Administrator Michael C. Lorenco and Mattapoisett Board of Health Chair Carmelo Nicolosi report that the Old Rochester Regional School District was informed of four positive cases of COVID-19 at the Old Rochester Regional High School and one case at the Old Rochester Regional Junior High School in Mattapoisett Jan. 11.
These individuals have tested positive for the virus and are now self-isolating in accordance with Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocol. The individuals were last in the school buildings on either Dec. 23, Jan. 6, or Jan. 8. The individuals’ test results have come back after being tested and the school district was immediately notified. Under state and federal health privacy laws, no further information is available about the individuals.
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The Standard-Times
School and town officials from Mattapoisett and Rochester sent out back to back press releases Wednesday afternoon announcing a total of four new known COVID cases in the Old Rochester Regional School District two cases at Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett, one at the Old Hammondtown Elementary School in Mattapoisett, and one at Rochester Memorial School in Rochester.
School and Mattapoisett officials reported in a press release that they received word of the two cases at the high school and the Old Hammondtown Elementary School case on Tuesday. According to the release, the individuals who tested positive for the virus are self-isolating in accordance with Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol. The two individuals from the high school have not been in the school buildings since Dec. 22 and Dec. 26, respectively, the release said. The individual at Old Hammondtown School ha