Sent via SchoolMessenger on December 7, 2020
Our District has been notified that an individual who was at South Orangetown Middle School on Thursday and Friday tested positive for COVID-19 Saturday.
Contact tracing is underway and will continue through tomorrow. Those identified as contacts of the person who tested positive will be contacted by the District and/or a Contact Tracer from the Department of Health.
For Department of Health contact tracing calls:
- The caller ID may read “NYS Contact Tracing” or display a phone number with a 518 area code.
- Please promptly answer these calls.
- Your identity and the information you share will remain confidential.
- Please provide Contact Tracers with the information they need to protect our entire School District community.
South Orangetown Middle School will operate on a fully-remote basis tomorrow, December 8. An extended closure may be required; additional information will be shared with families and staff by tomorrow evening.