Fairfield schools restrict inauguration viewing in real time over potential threats
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Members of the US National Guard walk outside the US Capitol on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC, ahead of the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images
FAIRFIELD A real-time viewing of Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday will not occur in Fairfield’s classrooms out of concern for potential violence, administrators have told staff.
Fairfield Superintendent Mike Cummings sent a notice advising them to record the inauguration and play it later if they wished to have their students watch it.
Fairfield schools: Nearly 300 in quarantine
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FAIRFIELD Fairfield Woods Middle School dismissed early on Monday after a cafeteria worker tested positive for COVID, officials said.
“School will reopen tomorrow,” Director of Communications Andrea Clarke said Monday. “There was absolutely no student contact. Two other staff members were identified as being close contacts and are in quarantine.”
Clarke said the early dismissal was because the school could not serve lunch.
Buses began picking up students at 12:30 p.m., and officials asked families to refrain from calling the school. Coronavirus in CT
The news comes after nearly 50 people in the public schools community tested positive for COVID-19 over winter break and another 25 or so during their first week back.
OTTAWA With ski hills in Ontario closed during the province-wide COVID-19 lockdown, Mayor Jim Watson is asking Ottawa skiers not to cross the interprovincial bridges to hit the slopes in western Quebec. CTV News Ottawa reporter Jeremie Charron spotted a parking lot full of vehicles with Ontario licence plates at Camp Fortune on Wednesday. Speaking on CTV Morning Live Thursday morning, Watson said skiers should avoid the drive to Camp Fortune, Mont. Ste. Marie, Mont. Cascades and other slopes in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic. I m a skier, haven t skied for a while, but I love going to Camp Fortune and Cascade and so on, but this is probably the year not to do that, said Watson.
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