Written by Bob Sprague
Public schools report 8 positive staff cases
UPDATED, Jan. 9: Arlington High School, as part of a regional effort, is the lead site for four towns where health personnel plan to administer Moderna vaccine to about 600 first responders on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
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This is the first large-scale inoculation effort here, aimed at addressing the Covid-19 pandemic whose cases have risen since mid-October. As of Jan. 7, the town had a 3.56-percent positivity rate, as compared 7.7 percent statewide.
Meanwhile, Gibbs School Principal Fabienne Pierre-Maxwell reported to families Jan. 5 that a staff member from learning community 3 tested positive for Covid-19, but the superintendent had more to add.