Heavy Winds Knock over Hillandale Fence, Again
A fence at Hillandale Road was knocked down by heavy winds early this morning. Photo by Bob Weingarten for The Westport Local Press.
Staples Assistant Principal Heads Home: Meghan Ward Announced as New Principal in Redding; Leaving Westport.
Announced tonight by the Redding Board of Education Chair Chris Parkin, Staples High School Assistant Principal Meghan Ward will serve as Principal of John Read Middle School starting July 1st - leaving another administration position open for the Westport Public Schools.
The new position will serve as a coming-home of sorts for the administrator, who is an alumna of Redding & Easton’s Joel Barlow Regional High School. Ward taught in the Social Studies Department at Staples High School from 2004 until 2009, and after a short stint in Maine, returned to Westport and Staples as Assistant Principal in 2016.
No New Westport COVID-19 Cases; No Deaths; State Positivity Rate 2.9%
The Westport-Weston Health District reports that Westport has added 0 positive or probable COVID-19 cases, and has added 0 new deaths.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 1,417 cases. Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 28 deaths.
State Daily Test Positivity: 2.90%
Superintendent: No New COVID-19 Cases to Report
Press Release Good afternoon Westport Families and Staff,
I am pleased to share that we have no newly reported cases of Covid-19 associated with our schools today.
As a reminder, families are asked to report positive of COVID-19 cases of students using our reporting voicemail or email regardless of whether the students are in remote or hybrid models of instruction. Please follow this link for more information on reporting.
Additionally, we want to remind families that students with pending Covid-19 tests should not return to school until receiving negative results. This approach is critical in helping us continue minimizing the potential for transmission in our schools.
Respectfully,
Thomas Scarice
Superintendent of Schools