Reply(1)
Fairfield schools will open for full-time, in-person learning next week. (Shutterstock)
FAIRFIELD, CT — Next week, most Fairfield students will return to the classroom full-time after nearly a year of remote and hybrid learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Town health officials recently met with the school board to discuss the data behind the decision to fully reopen and how best to prepare.
"We've seen about six weeks of decreases in every major variable," Health Department Director Sands Cleary said at the Feb. 25 meeting.
Subscribe
Percent positivity rates for the virus have dropped in Fairfield, from 4.7 percent the week of Jan. 8-14 to 1.3 percent Feb. 19-25, according to town data. As of Thursday, 12 district students and five staff members had recently tested positive, while another 42 students and 14 staffers were in quarantine, according to Fairfield Public Schools.