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Remote learning has returned to Wellesley High School, at least temporarily, beginning this week.
In a Jan. 8 message, Superintendent David Lussier and Health Department Director Lenny Izzo updated the community on COVID-19 cases at the public schools for that week. We saw positive cases at multiple schools, including single cases at Bates and Upham, two cases at Sprague, and five cases at WMS, the letter said. All but two of these cases are students. None of these cases involved in-school transmission of the virus.
The most challenging situation was at the high school, where 10 positive cases were documented. All but one of these cases are students, the email said. Two of these cases may have emerged through in-classroom transmission, although we cannot confirm that with full certainty. (We will be conducting a more thorough review next week.) The aggregated number of close contacts and other absences has resulted in a significant number of students and staff who ca