30 Attleboro students quarantined after classmate tests positive

Thirty students are in quarantine after a classmate tested positive.

JENNIFER: STUDENTS JUST WENTBACK TO CLASS HERE AT ATTLEBOROHIGH SCHOOL ON MONDAY.BUT NOW, DOZENS ARE INQUARANTINE AFTER ONE TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID-19.DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THEYLEARNED THAT THE STUDENT WHOTESTED POSITIVE DID ATTEND THEFIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ON MONDAY.SCHOOL NURSES USED SEATINGCHARTS AND BUS ROSTERS TOIDENTIFY 30 STUDENTS WHO WERE INCLOSE CONTACT WITH THE INFECTEDSTUDENT.THE SUPERINTENDENT NOTIFIEDFAMILIES OF THAT POSITIVE CASEYESTERDAY, SAYING THAT’S WHENTHEY GOT THE NEWS, LEAVING THEMUNABLE TO PREVENT THE EXPOSURE.IN A LETTER TO PARENTS, HE ADDEDQUOTE, "THIS UNACCEPTABLEOUTCOME WAS CAUSED BY DELAYS INTHE REPORTING TIMELINE, NOT ABREAKDOWN IN OUR SAFETYPROTOCOLS."THE STUDENTS WHO WERE EXPOSEDWILL NOW BE IN QUARANTINE FORTHE NEXT 14