May 10, 2022

Dear Families and Staff,

We wanted to provide you with an update regarding COVID-19 in our schools. Since moving to masks welcome, we have been monitoring case levels closely as you know. Over the past nine days, we have experienced an increase in cases at some of our schools: Marion Cross School was notified of 14 cases with some potential classroom clusters, the Ray School 18 cases last week with 10 additional cases this week with some potential classroom clusters, the Richmond Middle School 16 cases and Hanover High School experienced 25 cases last week, with an additional 31 cases since the weekend. Given the increasing number of cases, we recommend wearing masks at our schools. We cannot mandate masks at this time based on our state guidelines, but strongly recommend their use. Fortunately, we are not seeing serious illness. However, we are seeing increasing numbers of absences which is having a detrimental impact on our schools in terms of student and staff illness. In our high school alone, we estimate over 300+ missed school days in the last two weeks.

We urge everyone to monitor closely for symptoms and to inform our nurses if you are experiencing any symptoms or have tested positive for COVID-19. We continue to follow safety protocols and welcome mask wearing. Additionally, we have a very low threshold for student and staff illness, and we continue to require that people with signs of illness remain home and conduct a COVID antigen test.

Please remember if you or your child are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever of 100.4 or higher, cough, shortness or breath, or difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, or new loss of taste and smell, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, please stay home and away from others and get tested. We will also continue to follow our protocols when individuals test positive for COVID-19. If you test positive for COVID-19, please contact your school nurse for instructions regarding what you will need to do. Thank you again for all you are doing to keep students and staff healthy and safe in SAU 70.

Sincerely,

Jay Badams
Superintendent

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Please find our most recent COVID information attached.

Thanks,

Jay Badams

COVID Notice 5-2-22 

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Please find the most recent COVID update attached.  We continue to monitor cases and will keep you posted as our situation changes.

Thanks,

Jay Badams

COVID Update 4-6-22

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Please find a COVID update attached.  While we will not be providing regular updates, we are continuing to monitor our local data.

Have a great weekend,

Jay Badams

COVID update 3_24_22.pdf 

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Please find a letter attached that provides information about our pending transition from masks required to masks welcome.

Thank you, and have a great weekend,

Jay Badams

Mask Transition 

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Our schools have reported one case each at Ray, HHS, and MCS this evening.

Take care,

Jay Badams
Superintendent

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Today we have been informed of one case each at MCS, Ray, and HHS.  We continue to be encouraged by local data and will be in touch soon with updated guidance with regard to precautionary measures and case reporting.

Thanks,

Jay Badams

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

One case each at HHS and Ray today.  Our Pandemic Response Committee will be considering changes to our masking policy at a meeting next week.  We will keep you informed of any modifications.

Have a great weekend,

Jay Badams

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Just one case today at RMS.  The Pandemic Response Committee will be planning a revised masking protocol at its meeting next Wednesday based on state guidance, vaccination rates, local case counts and positivity rates.

Thanks,

Jay Badams
Superintendent

Dear SAU 70 School Community,

Today we learned of one case each at RMS and the Ray School.

Take care,

Jay Badams
Superintendent