UpdatedWed, Jan 13, 2021 at 6:00 pm ET
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Salem Public Schools returned a 1.7 positive test rate - well below the statewide 7.11 average - in district-wide coronavirus testing done prior to Monday s return to hybrid learning for grades kindergarten through eight. (Dave Copeland/Patch)
SALEM, MA Salem Public Schools conducted nearly 2,000 coronavirus tests in advance of this week s return to hybrid learning with Superintendent Stephen Zrike saying on Wednesday that 31 of those tests came back positive.
Tests were made available to students, staff and family of students. Zrike said one faculty member tested positive, along with 19 students and 11 family members, out of the 1,850 tests.