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LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid Elementary School student tested positive for COVID-19 this week, but the response has changed since the fall and winter. With many people in the school community now vaccinated, and with contact between students still limited, the school will remain open.
In many ways, the way the school responds to positive cases now is similar to how it responded at the start of the school year: When a student or staff member tests positive, that person is ordered to isolate, and contact tracing identifies all who may have been exposed to the coronavirus through close contact lasting more than 10 minutes. But the majority of Lake Placid’s teachers, and many eligible students age 16 and older, are now fully vaccinated, according to school district Superintendent Roger Catania. That cuts down significantly the number of people who are required to quarantine after a possible exposure.