CT Coronavirus School Closure List

CONNECTICUT — More than 20 school districts in Connecticut have temporarily switched at least one school to remote learning due to coronavirus cases.

Districts face challenges beyond keeping the coronavirus contained once a member of a school community tests positive. One of the biggest challenges is the substitute teacher shortage.

Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull had to switch to remote learning for two weeks after several teachers had to self-quarantine due to possible exposure. The lack of available substitute teachers was cited as the reason the school had to close.

Mask mandates and other precautions are enforced in schools, but another challenge is student behavior outside the school building. Fairfield Ludlowe High School had to close down for two days due to five cases at the school and as many as 100 people may have to self-quarantine after teens held several parties over a weekend.

Generally, schools don't need to close after one case, especially at the K-8 level where cohorting keeps groups of students isolated throughout the day, Gov. Ned Lamont said.

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Stratford

Bunnell High School will be closed for two weeks after three cases at the school were identified.

New Canaan

Around 55 students are under quarantine at New Canaan High School after two students tested positive for the virus. The school remains open.

Enfield

Enfield High School will be closed Sept. 24 and 25 after a member of the school community tested positive for the virus. Henry Barnard Elementary School also had a positive case in the community and the school will switch to remote learning for Sept. 25.

Fairfield

Several parties among teenagers may mean more than 100 people have to self-quarantine. Fairfield Ludlowe High School shut down again one day after it reopened.

Somers
Somers Elementary School will be shut down for two weeks after there were three recorded positive coronavirus cases over a nine-day period.

Weston
Schools in Weston shifted to remote learning Sept. 21 after a student tested positive for the coronavirus. More information is expected later Monday as health officials conduct contact tracing.

Colchester
Colchester Elementary School will be on remote learning for two weeks due to a staff shortage. Three staff members at the school tested positive for the virus, according to Fox 61.

Prior to Sept. 21

Bristol
Bristol Eastern High School was closed through Sept. 18, according to WTNH.

Waterbury
Kennedy High School was closed Sept. 17 and 18 due to two students testing positive for the virus, according to NBC Connecticut.

Trumbull

Hillcrest Middle School will be closed through September after around 70 people had to be quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.

Bridgeport

Jettie S. Tisdale School was closed Sept. 14 after a staff member tested positive, according to NBC Connecticut.

East Hartford High School

The high school was closed Sept. 14 and 15 after a student tested positive, according to the Hartford Courant.

Killingly

Killingly High School is doing remote learning Sept. 14 after a student tested positive, according to the Norwich Bulletin.

Manchester

Manchester Middle Academy closed Sept. 18 for a deep cleaning. A student reported being in close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus.

Naugatuck

Naugatuck High School dismissed students early Sept. 9 after a student tested positive. In-person classes resumed the following Monday.

New Milford
Schools were closed for two days after a school community member tested positive. The individual was asymptomatic.

Southington

A member of the school community at John F. Kennedy Middle School tested positive for the virus. Quarantine measures and contact tracing were performed.

Stamford
Stillmeadow Elementary School was closed for a day due to a positive case.

Stratford

Second Hill Lane Elementary had remote classes due to a positive case and a probable case at the school among staff members.

Wallingford

Dag Hammarskjold Middle School in Wallingford was closed through Sept. 16 after a person associated with the school tested positive.

Westbrook

Westbrook High School was closed for a couple of days after a person at the school tested positive. The school will be deep cleaned and contact tracing will be performed.

West Haven High School

The school was closed for two days after a student tested positive for the virus.

Westport

Coleytown Elementary School and Stepping Stones Preschool closed for a day.

Wilton

A student at Wilton High School tested positive for the virus and is recovering at home. Contact tracers reached out to people who had close contact with the student; they were told to self-quarantine for 14 days. School administrators contacted classmates who didn't have close contact.

Windsor Locks

A high school community member tested positive for the virus and was last in school on the first day of classes Sept. 8. As of Sept. 15 there were no additional reports of community members with COVID-19 symptoms. Anyone within close contact of the person for more than 15 minutes has been contacted or will be contacted by contact tracers.