Elementary Student Positive For Coronavirus In East Hampton

EAST HAMPTON, NY — A student at the John M. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 report card.

According to Wendy Geehreng, school nurse and COVID-19 representative for the East Hampton Union Free School District: "We were alerted by the Suffolk County Department of Health last Thursday evening that an elementary school student had tested positive. We quarantined just under 50 students and staff that evening. They were informed to immediately quarantine pending a Department of Health investigation."

The district supplied all information and reports pertaining to the case, Geehreng said. "Late Friday afternoon, the SCDOH determined that no quarantine was necessary beyond the positive case."

The mitigating factors in the decision, she said, were "the student’s very limited time in school combined with our ventilation system, Plexiglass placement, physical distancing and that our students are masked all day save a few mask breaks."