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Madrid-Waddington Central shifts to remote learning after two students test positive for COVID-19

Posted 10/22/20

MADRID — Madrid-Waddington Central School is shifting to remote learning through the end of the week after two students reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. School officials posted the news on …

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Madrid-Waddington Central shifts to remote learning after two students test positive for COVID-19

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MADRID — Madrid-Waddington Central School is shifting to remote learning through the end of the week after two students reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

School officials posted the news on their website. The statement is as follows:

“We have been informed by St. Lawrence County Public Health that we have two confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among our student population; one at the elementary level and one at the high school level. The two cases are connected outside of school so at this point we do not have any indication that this was spread in school. As such we will need to go fully remote for both elementary and high school students for Thursday, 10/22 and Friday, 10/23 to allow Public Health to conduct contact tracing and determine our time frame for a return to in-person instruction.

“St. Lawrence County Department of Public Health will be contacting all individuals directly who have had contact with the positive individual. The NYS Ed. Department and NYSDOH guidelines that we have followed will help to minimize the number of contacts, and we will be looking to resume in-person instruction as soon as possible.

“High School Students will follow their normal schedule and join each class via google meet. All athletics will be cancelled for Thursday and Friday.

“Elementary students should plan on joining remotely tomorrow morning by logging into their google classroom at 9:00 a.m. to get their teacher’s instructions on the plan for the day.

“Students who do not report to our campus that attend full-day out-of-district programs will be transported and attend as normal.

“We will be having a meal pick-up service Thursday in the high school bus loop from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. and on Friday from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

“We understand that this type of situation can cause panic and stress so while there are no additional details that we can share due to HIPPA regulations, please be assured that St. Lawrence County’s contact tracing is very thorough and all affected individuals will be directly notified by SLCDPH. We appreciate your understanding and while we would hope that this will be the only time we have to go through this process, it is likely that we will be facing this more than once throughout the school year. To that end please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns so we can continue to refine our protocols.

“We will be providing updates over the next two days as we work closely with SLCDPH.

“If you have concerns and would like to seek COVID-19 testing proactively for you or your child, there are testing sites available throughout the county. Contact information is included below.

“St. Lawrence Health System (Canton, Potsdam, Gouverneur, Massena): (315) 261-6240

“Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center: (315) 713-6655

“Clifton-Fine Hospital: (315) 848-8049”