Friday evening the Rye school district announced COVID cases at Rye High and Osborn Elementary School. Those impacted have been contacted.
Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 7:25 PM
Subject: A Message from the Superintendent
To: Rye City School District Recipients
January 22, 2021
Dear Osborn Families, Faculty and Staff,
The District was informed this evening that an individual at Osborn School has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual is currently in quarantine and was last at the school today, Friday, January 22. Due to federal health privacy laws, additional information about the individual cannot be released.
We are working closely with the Westchester County Department of Health and, as always, the safety of our students and staff is our highest priority. This evening the District contacted via phone and email the families of students along with faculty and staff who we have been told will need to quarantine. If you did not receive a call and an email from the District, this means that based on the guidance received from the Department of Health, your student or you as a faculty or staff member did not meet their criteria for quarantine. The Department of Health will also be conducting contact tracing for this case using contact information provided by the District; however, we understand that their call backlog is significant and those calls may not come today.
For more information about the WCDOH protocols for handling COVID-19 issues, please see their FAQ (HERE) and the NYSDOH guidance for COVID-19 decision-making (COVID-19 Toolkit).
Please be assured that we will continue to do everything in our power to keep the Osborn community safe.
Sincerely,
Eric Byrne, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
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From: Eric Byrne
Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 6:48 PM
Subject: A Message from the Superintendent
To: Rye City School District Recipients
January 22, 2021
Dear Rye High School Families, Faculty and Staff,
The District was informed this evening of an individual at Rye High School who has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual is currently in quarantine and was last at the school on Tuesday, January 12. Due to federal health privacy laws, additional information about the individual cannot be released. Based on the new quarantine regulations of the Westchester County Department of Health, there is no need for any additional school-related contact tracing or quarantining associated with this case.
Please be assured that we will continue to do everything in our power to keep the Rye High School community safe.
Sincerely,
Eric Byrne, Ed.D.
