Farmingville COVID cases prompt Ridgefield question session
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Farmingville Elementary School in Ridgefield has an apparnet COVID-19 cluster that was up to 10 recent cases Friday.Macklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media
RIDGEFIELD The COVID-19 cluster at Farmingville Elementary School now up to 10 recent cases has prompted school officials to identify in-school exposure as a possible cause, recommend testing for people who have been in the Farmingville building, and plan a live question-and-answer session Monday at 1 p.m.
“There have been 10 cases of COVID-19 in the Farmingville Elementary School building in a short period of time,” Superintendent of Schools Susie Da Silva wrote in her weekly email to the school community Friday evening.
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Today, Aaron Crook, RPS COVID-19 Health and Safety Compliance Liaison reported that that two additional members of the Farmingville Elementary School community have tested positive for COVID-19.
One individual was in the FES building while potentially infectious to others on Monday, December 14 and one was in the building while potentially infectious to others on December 14, 15 and 16. In-school transmission cannot be ruled out in the second case. I have conferred with Town of Ridgefield Health Director, Ed Briggs, and RPS Medical Advisor, Dr. James Ahern, about these cases, and contact tracing is underway. Given the number of cases that have appeared in Farmingville in the last several days, we are recommending that anybody who has been in the Farmingville building since December 7th be tested for COVID-19, said Crook.
Member of Farmingville Elementary School community tests positive for COVID Written by HH
This afternoon, Aaron Crook, RPS COVID-19 Health and Safety Compliance Liaison reported that a member of the Farmingville Elementary School community has tested positive for COVID-19. This individual was the FES building and potentially infectious to others on Monday, December 14. I have conferred with Town of Ridgefield Health Director, Ed Briggs, and RPS Medical Advisor, Dr. James Ahern, about this case and contact tracing is underway, said Crook.
The FES community will hear from principal Traci Mayette after contact tracing has been completed.
Please wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance.
Ridgefield schools will be remote Christmas week
Ridgefield schools will be remote three days before vacation Macklin Reid
Dec. 10, 2020
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Superintendent Susie Da SilvaContributted photo / Hearst Connecticut Media
All Ridgefield Public School students will be on remote learning the three days before winter break Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 21, 22 and 23 as school officials seek to minimize the number of students and faculty who may need to quarantine over the holiday.
The Ridgefield schools had 139 students and 26 staff members in current quarantines on Thursday, Dec. 10.
A total 1,067 people have been required to quarantine as a result of potential exposures in the Ridgefiled Schools so far this school year.