Ridgefield official: Person was 'potentially infectious' with COVID all week at middle school Macklin Reid FacebookTwitterEmail East Ridge Middle School in Ridgefield sent "multiple" students and staff home Friday after a person tested positive for COVID-19 who had been in school all week.Macklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media RIDGEFIELD — Two new COVID cases — including one person who was “potentially infectious” each day this week at East Ridge Middle School — were reported on Friday, district officials said. Some East Ridge students and staff were sent home early Friday as a result of the case, according to Aaron Crook, the district’s COVID-19 liaison.