Hall-Dale Elementary School reports positive COVID-19 case
Official: The diagnosis will not force a change in schedule at the school in Hallowell.
HALLOWELL Hall-Dale Elementary School in Hallowell reported a positive COVID-19 case Sunday morning.
The diagnosis will not force a change in schedule, according to Tonya Arnold, superintendent in Regional School Unit 2.
The RSU 2 website kidsrsu.org/live feed#lf 1384494 reported Sunday close contacts of the infected person were being notified and instructed to quarantine.
The case marks the second positive case at Hall-Dale Elementary School in the past week.
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There will be no change in schedule for Cony Middle and High School or Hall-Dale Elementary School as a result of the coronavirus cases.
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Cony Middle and High School and Hall-Dale Elementary School each reported a positive COVID-19 case on Wednesday afternoon.
Regional School Unit 2 Superintendent Tonya Arnold reported the positive case at Hall-Dale Elementary in a letter to the community posted on the district website. She wrote that close contacts were identified and called.
Hall-Dale Elementary School’s hybrid learning structure will not be impacted by the one case.
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“No other schools in the RSU have received reports of new cases during or since vacation,” Arnold said in the letter.
Regional School Unit 2 Superintendent Tonya Arnold sent an email to staff Feb. 3, telling them to ‘find ways to enjoy themselves without increasing exposure to the virus’ during February vacation.
Readfield-area high school reports COVID-19 outbreak
Richmond High School and Monmouth Academy also reported positive COVID-19 cases.
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READFIELD Regional School Unit 38 Superintendent Jay Charette announced Tuesday afternoon that Maranacook Community High School is being categorized as having an “outbreak” of coronavirus cases.
Charette said in a letter to the community that the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention determined the high school as having an outbreak defined as three or more cases from three different households within a 14-day period but there is “no evidence” of transmission of COVID-19 within the school building.
“It simply means that MCHS meets the criteria for outbreak status,” Charette wrote.