Bloomfield Teacher Positive For COVID; Some Students Quarantine

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Some students at Oak View Elementary School in Bloomfield were recently asked to quarantine after a teacher tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Thursday.

Administrators in the district were told Sunday night that the staff member tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson told Patch.

As far as administrators know, no students or staff have become infected as a result of contact with them, and it’s an “isolated” incident, he said.

School officials said the affected students were asked to self-quarantine for 10 days from the last day of potential exposure – Friday, Sept. 10 – which is consistent with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

COVID AND A NEW SCHOOL YEAR IN BLOOMFIELD

In late August, Bloomfield district officials gave an update on coronavirus safety precautions and policies for the 2021-2022 school year.

Some highlights include:

• "Schools will be open for a full day of instruction, including lunch."
• "Before and aftercare will be offered at our buildings through the YMCA."
• "Masks will be required indoors only, per Governor [Phil] Murphy’s Executive Order 251 for as long as they remain a mandate."

“All other protocols, such as mask exemptions, parental screening, exposure quarantining, contact tracing, handwashing and cleaning methodologies, will be similar to how we ended last school year,” administrators said.

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