Superintendent: 2 students test positive for COVID
Wilton schools has announced that two students have tested positive for COVID-19 after the return from the district’s April break from classes.
The students, according to an email on Monday night from Superintendent of Schools Kevin Smith, attend Cider Mill Elementary School and Miller-Driscoll Elementary School.
“I am writing to share an important update on the COVID cases that were reported to us today, to remind you how to sign up for surveillance testing, and to highlight Connecticut Department of Public Health guidance for protocols following travel outside of Connecticut,” Smith said in the email.
As of now, Wilton Schools only has two students who are confirmed positive for COVID-19. It also has 10 students currently selfisolating after being deemed to have been in possible “close contact” with someone who has tested positive.
“We have conducted contact tracing and have informed those that need to quarantine that they must do so,” Smith wrote. “Please note that if there is a positive case in your home from the holiday break, you should contact your school nurse to share this important information.”
Smith also said that the district recently began a “phased-in approach” to voluntary COVID-19 surveillance testing. The goal, Smith said, is to provide consistent updated information about the presence of COVID-19 within the school community.
The district’s website says that, following a New York State school surveillance testing model, Wilton has proposed testing “approximately 5 percent of our school community each week with the goal of testing approximately 20 percent of our school population monthly.” Students from kindergarten through 12th grade will be tested.
More information about the district’s testing procedures can be found at https://bit.ly/2PPeNBN.