Public Information and Announcements

I’m writing this afternoon to let you know that the district was informed of six additional cases of COVID-19 today and over the weekend; one case at Canaan Elementary School, two cases at Skowhegan Area Middle School, and two cases at Skowhegan Area High School. Each of these cases are believed to be a result of contact that occurred outside of school. 

Nursing staff worked over the weekend and through this afternoon to follow-up with the close contacts associated with these positive cases. Individuals identified as needing to quarantine from school have been contacted. A total of 37 individuals were asked to quarantine as a result of these six positive cases.

I’m writing this afternoon to let you know that the district was informed of four additional cases of COVID-19: one case at Bloomfield Elementary School, two cases at Canaan ElementarySchool, and one case at Skowhegan Area Middle School. Our nursing staff and administration worked throughout the day to determine close contacts and ultimately 21 individuals have had to quarantine from school.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, our focus has been to keep kids in school safely. Each time we have a positive case an exhaustive process is used to determine contacts, including identifying contacts that likely led to the positive individual becoming infected. Today’s case at Bloomfield Elementary School, unlike those previous, did not have a clear link to contact outside of school. Although there was not definitive evidence of in school spread in today's Bloomfield case, there was enough concern that the decision was made to follow the CDC guidance for possible in class spread and quarantine the entire classroom of concern. This decision was made, as all decisions in the past have been made, to ensure the safety of our students and staff.

I’m writing this afternoon to let you know that the district was informed of four additional cases of COVID-19 today; two cases at Bloomfield Elementary School, and two cases at Skowhegan Area High School. These four new cases were again a result of contact that occurred outside of school.

Nursing staff and administration worked throughout the day to determine close contacts and ultimately 9 students have had to quarantine from school.

I’m writing this evening to let you know that the district was informed of two additional cases of COVID-19 today; one case was at Margaret Chase Smith School, and one case at Skowhegan Area High School. These two new cases were again a result of contact that occurred outside of school.

Nursing staff worked through the day to follow-up with all close contacts associated with these new positive cases. Individuals identified as needing to quarantine from school have been contacted. A total of 14 individuals were asked to quarantine as a result of these two positive cases.

I’m writing this afternoon to let you know that the district was informed of two additional cases of COVID-19 today; one case was at Bloomfield Elementary School, and one case at North Elementary School. These two new cases were again a result of contact that occurred outside of school. 

Nursing staff worked with our families and as a result of people doing a great job following the protocols and no exposure outside of school, no students or staff have had to quarantine as a result of these most recent positive cases. Maine CDC did reach out this afternoon to inform the district that Bloomfield Elementary School is now in “Outbreak status” as a result of it now having 3 positive cases within a 14-day window. Based on the cases and information, there was no recommendation to quarantine a class or close the building at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and will reach out should the recommendations change or additional cases arise.

I’m writing this evening to let you know that the district has had four cases of COVID-19 over the past three days; one case was at Canaan Elementary School, two cases at Mill Stream Elementary School, and one case at the Skowhegan Area Middle School. These new cases were again believed to be a result of contact that occurred outside of school.  

Nursing staff worked over the weekend and through this evening to follow-up with all close contacts associated with these new positive cases. Individuals identified as needing to quarantine from school have been contacted. A total of a total of 39 individuals were asked to quarantine as a result of these four positive cases. 

I’m writing you this evening to let you know that we have had two additional cases of COVID-19 in the district. One case was at Bloomfield Elementary School, and one at Skowhegan Area High School. Both of these new cases were a result of unmasked contact outside of school. 

Today district nurses and administrators again worked with Maine CDC to verify contacts on these cases and talk through situations and questions. Staff are working very hard to limit those students having to quarantine in each separate case. All individuals identified as needing to quarantine from school as a result of these most recent cases have been contacted; a total of 28 individuals were asked to quarantine, most of which were a result of close contacts on the bus.