Schools Seeing Uptick In Cases, With 6 Staff Testing Positive

MADISON, CT —Though case numbers are trending downward in Madison and across Connecticut, that doesn’t mean new cases aren’t being reported. And in Madison schools, there's an uptick in cases since last week as evidenced by the number of emails to families from the district announcing cases and the case schools' tracker.

Six staffers in three schools, two elementary and the middle school, have tested positive, according to district data.

As of March 5, the district's case tracker showed students cases at all schools but Brown.

Saturday, in a message to families, schools Superintendent Dr. Craig Cooke said a "member of our Ryerson Elementary School community and two members of our Jeffrey Elementary School community" tested positive for COVID-19.

By Monday afternoon, there were six employee cases reported in the district, according to the case tracker; three employees at Jeffrey, two at Ryerson and one at Polson Middle School all tested positive for COVID-19.