Coronavirus Concern Suspends Wallingford Summer School Program

WALLINGFORD, CT — An in-person summer school program in Wallingford has been suspended after a person involved with the program began to show symptoms of the coronavirus last week, according to multiple reports.

FOX 61 reports Superintendent of Schools Salvatore Menzo notified parents in a letter and said administration is acting “out of an abundance of caution” in suspending in-person classes until the test results are known. The person started experiencing symptoms on July 17 and hadn’t been in the program since July 13, according to FOX 61.

The impacted summer school program involves around 30 special education students and used a portion of Cook Hill Elementary school, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

The Record-Journal reports there will be a deep cleaning of all classroom spaces at the school.

Read more at the Meriden Record-Journal here and FOX 61 here.