Dear Families and Students:
Thank you to all of our students who took rapid home COVID tests or took a test at school when returning to school from winter break.
We had 71 cases across the District out of about a thousand tests administered in the District yesterday. Every school had multiple positive cases. Given the high number of cases, we cannot contract trace to the levels we have been doing.
SMUHSD will suspend positive case letters for now so we can shift our limited resources to testing. Instead, we are asking staff, students, and families to operate as if they have daily exposure to the virus.
Given the prevalence of the virus, students and families should act as if they are in close contact with someone who is infected with the virus, test regularly, wear a high quality mask, and pay close attention to their health for symptoms indicating they may be positive.
If you test positive or have symptoms, please stay home and see our website for further information. Our health staff will get back to you as soon as possible.
If the consensus of health experts is correct, cases may decline in a few weeks. For now, our primary goal should be to continue to offer in-person instruction to our students as safely as possible. I will continue to communicate with you as new developments unfold. Thank you for your commitment to our students and one another. Iām confident we can make it through this tough time together.
Sincerely,
Kevin Skelly, Ph.D.
Superintendent
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