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Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Covid-
19: New Positive Case Confirmed At School In Westchester
A positive COVID-19 case has been confirmed at a school in the Hudson Valley. The Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District reported early Monday evening, Oct. 19 that an individual with COVID-19 was at John F. Kennedy Elementary School while infectious. The exposed individuals must quarantine for 14 days from the last exposure date and should be tested for COVID-19 five days after the last exposure. "By law, we must maintain this person’s confidentiality, which prevents us from further identifying the individual and his/her reason for being in the school," the district …
Shelton, CT
News
Covid-
19: Positive Case, Exposure Lead To Quarantines At School In Fairfield County
A positive case of COVID-19, as well as additional exposure, have led to quarantines at a high school in Fairfield County. Ridgefield Public Schools Superintendent Susie Da Silva said in a message Friday night, Oct. 16 that about three dozen Ridgefield High School staff members and students have been asked to quarantine after being exposed to multiple sources of COVID. That came after Da Silva reported earlier in the day that a member of the high school community had tested positive, leading to a 9:30 a.m. early dismissal and the start of contact tracing. The individual is considered …
Poughkeepsie, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Marist College Reinstates In-Person Classes After Rash Of Cases
A moratorium on in-person classes spurred by a rash of COVID cases on campus will be lifted at Marist College after a week-long lockdown. "Although New York State requires colleges to move classes online if they reach a threshold of 100 cases or 5 (percent) of the campus population, Marist erred on the side of caution and paused campus activities with a significantly lower number of cases," read a letter to students sent on Friday, Oct. 16 to announce resuming in-person classes. "During the pause, the College placed the Fulton Townhouses under precautionary quarantine and conducted more than…
Poughkeepsie, NY
News
Covid-
19: Marist College's Campus-Wide Pause Extended Again
Marist College has informed students that a campus-wide pause of in-person classes, visitation from those not living on-campus and activities, after nine active COVID cases linked to an illicit off-campus party multiplied to 29, according to the Marist College COVID Dashboard and student reporting from the Marist Circle. Initially, all classes for Marist students on Friday, Oct. 9 and Saturday, Oct. 10 were conducted online, according to a letter sent to students by college Vice President Geoff Brackett on Oct. 8. However, contact tracing on campus led to the identification and …
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: New Hudson Valley Elementary School Goes Remote After Students Test Positive
An elementary school in Westchester will be transitioning to its remote learning model after two students already in isolation due to COVID-19 began experiencing mild symptoms. Eric Rauschenbach, the Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Student Services at the Scarsdale School District announced that the Quaker Ridge Elementary School will be temporarily closed down due to students and staff that need to quarantine due to possible exposure. Before going remote on Thursday, Oct. 15, Quaker Ridge had been utilizing its hybrid learning model, with two alternating cohorts attendin…
Lakewood, NJ
News
Covid-
19 Cases Reported At Schools In Berkeley, Jackson, Middletown
New cases of coronavirus have been reported by three more school districts in Central Jersey. Berkeley Township Elementary School will close for two days after officials identified "additional" coronavirus cases, without disclosing a number or whether they involved students or staff. BTES students will learn remotely on Thursday and Friday, Berkeley Township Superintendent James Roselli wrote on Wednesday in this letter. "This temporary closure will allow us to gain a better understanding of the COVID-19 situation impacting the school and perform contact tracing," Roselli said. School off…
Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: Six New Positive Cases Reported At Long Island School Districts
A pair of Long Island school districts are on high alert after new positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed in students and staff members. This week, the Connetquot School District reported one student at Oakdale Bohemia Middle School and a staff member at Sycamore Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19. In Nassau County, there were three new cases confirmed at Schreiber High School in the Port Washington School District, prompting a temporary closure of the building to allow for contact tracing and disinfecting. An individual at Guggenheim Elementary School also tested positive f…
Massapequa, NY
Business
Covid-
19: Long Island Business Fined After Hosting Party Leading To Cluster Of Cases
A Long Island venue was fined thousands of dollars after hosting a party in violation of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions that led to dozens contracting the virus. On Friday, Sept. 25, the Miller Place Inn hosted a Sweet 16 party with 81 guests, exceeding the state’s mandate of no more than 50 people gathering indoors at any given time. Of the 81 guests - 49 students and 32 adults - 37 positive cases - 28 students and nine adults - contracted COVID-19, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said. The Suffolk County Department of Health conducted contact tracing, which led them to 334 peop…
New Rochelle, NY
News
Covid-
19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases
There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at Iona College that has been to a single event. New Rochelle officials warned that there have been more than 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases, confined to the student body, with no indication of a spread to the community. In response, Iona has been working with Westchester County and the state to contact trace and quarantine the affected students. The college is also transitioning to remote learning for at least two weeks amid the outbreak. “Late last week, Iona’s surveillance testing identified an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases among certain at…
Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: Most New Long Island Cases Linked To Large Gatherings
The recent uptick in positive COVID-19 cases on Long Island has been traced back to a rise in large gatherings, health officials said. There has been a rise in cases in some communities - largely in Nassau County - which have been linked back to some attending parties with upwards of 25 to 30 people who fail to socially distance themselves or wear facial coverings. Related story - COVID-19: Long Island HS Will Stay Closed Another Week After Cluster Linked To Party Health officials said that they’ve been busy contact tracing certain clusters, and found that many of those clusters could be t…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19: Positive Case Closes Sussex County Elementary School
A Sussex County elementary school will be closed for two weeks with students learning remotely after a COVID-19 test from an individual at the school came back positive. The Clifton E. Lawrence School was closed Monday and Tuesday after the individual tested positive on a rapid test, Sussex-Wantage Regional School District Superintendent Michael Gall said. The official results returned positive, and so students were switched to remote learning on Oct. 19 for Cohort A and Oct. 20 for Cohort B. The case is associated with someone from outside fo the school community, the superintendent said.…
Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: Long Island HS Will Stay Closed Another Week After Cluster Linked To Party
A Long Island high school will stick to remote learning for at least another week following a COVID-19 outbreak after students attended a Sweet 16 party last month. Sachem Schools Superintendent Christopher Pellettieri announced on Tuesday, Oct. 6 that Sachem High School North will remain closed for the week after more than a dozen confirmed COVID-19 cases that have been linked to an event held on the weekend of Friday, Sept. 25. In total, hundreds of students and dozens of staff members have been placed into a temporary quarantine as the district and health officials continue contact traci…
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