High school administrators in quarantine

District sends notice after 1 staff member tests positive for COVID

GREENWICH — Eight Greenwich High School administrators were in quarantine because of possible COVID-19 exposure and one has tested positive for the virus, a district official confirmed Tuesday.

The district sent a Health Alert on Tuesday afternoon notifying the Greenwich High School community of the case of coronavirus, which included an apology for the lateness of the notice.

“We deeply regret that an oversight delayed sending this notice sooner as we send Health Alerts and updates on a daily basis,” said the alert, signed by Superintendent of Schools Toni Jones and the district’s

Head of Nursing Mary Keller.

According to the alert, the district learned over the weekend that a GHS administrator, who was last in the building on Nov. 18, had tested positive for COVID-19. After contact tracing, it was determined that seven additional administrators needed to quarantine for the required 14 days due to possible exposure, the alert said.

An additional administrator and staff member — not associated with the positive administrator — were also in quarantine after coming into contact with family members who had the virus.

The news came during an otherwise relatively

quiet stretch in terms of reported COVID-19 cases at Greenwich Public Schools.

There are fewer active cases of the coronavirus in the Greenwich Public Schools as of Tuesday than there have been since the start of month.

As of Nov. 24, the district reported 15 active case in the district affecting seven schools, down from 22 active cases Nov. 20 and 28 a week prior, Nov. 17.

The total number of coronavirus cases since the start of school continues to creep up to nearly triple digits — the district is now at 93 cases, with 78 resolved. But in the four-day stretch since the district’s tracker was last updated, there are just seven new cases of the virus.