Malden school switches to remote learning after staffers test positive for COVID-19 (Oct. 19)
A Malden school has switched to remote learning, and could remain that way for a couple weeks, after some staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
Malden Superintendent John Oteri didn’t say how many staffers at the Linden S.T.E.A.M. Academy had tested positive in a message to the community on Sunday but urged anyone who was in the school within the last week to get a COVID-19 test. The city’s Board of Health is also working on contact tracing and planned to reach out to anyone who was a close contact with those infected, according to a Facebook post.
The superintendent had reported that one staff member had tested positive as of Friday and classes were switched to remote learning that day.
“The health and safety of staff and students remains our top priority and we will keep you informed with additional information as soon as it becomes available,” the superintendent said in the posts.
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