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Worker Tests Positive For Coronavirus At Cheshire School: Report
Highland Elementary School was closed for a distance learning day Thursday after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus.
CHESHIRE, CT — A worker at Highland Elementary School in Cheshire has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.
The Record-Journal reports the worker, described as a “day porter,” is an outside contractor and isn’t directly employed by the district.
Highland was closed for a distance learning day on Thursday to ensure the worker wasn’t in close contact with anyone in the school for three days, according to the Record-Journal.
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Read more at the Meriden Record-Journal here.
Highland Elementary School will be open as usual tomorrow. After contact tracing, it was determined that no one was in close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 on a rapid test. #cheshirepublicschools #cheshirepublic #highlandct pic.twitter.com/xpOU1JivS7
— Cheshire Public Schools (@CheshirePublic) September 17, 2020
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