Brookfield Schools Set Plans To Resume In-Person Learning

BROOKFIELD, CT — The public schools have set a schedule to return to in-person learning.

Hybrid learning in the grades K-8 will resume (Cohort B) on Nov. 5, and in-person learning for all K-8 students will commence Nov. 9.

Brookfield High School will remain on the hybrid model.

"We will continue to monitor the health data trends all week as we prepare for our return. Should a drastic change of the health trend data move in the wrong direction, we will be in touch with any changes to our plans," Superintendent John Barile wrote in an email to families on Tuesday.

The schools had switched to all distance learning last month following a report that a member of the Whisconier Middle School and a member of the Huckleberry Elementary School communities had tested positive for coronavirus.

Barile said the plan came together after reviewing Brookfield’s current health metrics with the school's medical advisor and local and regional public health officials.