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Presumptive Coronavirus Cases Force School Closures, Students To Self-Quarantine
An Arlington parent is among the state's presumptive positive coronavirus patients and one of their children is being tested.
NATICK, MA — An Arlington parent is among the state’s presumptive positive coronavirus patients and one of their children is being tested for the virus after showing symptoms, the town announced Sunday. Stratton Elementary School in Arlington will be closed Monday as they await test results.
“Without test results in hand, and with a parent who has tested positive for COVID-19, the leadership team in Arlington unanimously feels that it is best to close the Stratton on Monday and re-evaluate during the day,” Superintendent Kathleen Bodie said in a statement. Crews will spend Monday disinfecting the school.
A Gibbs Middle School student in the same family will self-quarantine but does have any symptoms.
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Plainville School Superintendent David Raiche decided to close Anna Ware Jackson School and Beatrice H. Wood School Monday “order to sanitize our school buildings while test results for one of our parents are pending.” The schools are side by side and use the same buses.
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