8th School in Framingham Public School District Now Has a COVID Case

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FRAMINGHAM – A member of the Wilson Elementary School community has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Framingham Public Schools.

This is the 8th school in the district to now have a case of COVID.

The district said in an email today, November 25, individuals who were “identified as close contacts of the person with COVID-19 have been notified and instructed to remain home in quarantine.

Those individuals received a phone call from the district.

The district considers close contact to be within 6 feet of the person for at least 15 cumulative 15 minutes with a 24 hour period.

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Last week, the Framingham Public School district announced a COVID dashboard.

The district said as of Tuesday, there have been 9 COVID cases in the district.

On November 23, a cases was announced at Barbieri Elementary School. Two individuals are under a quarantine.

A third case at King Elementary was recently announced. Seventeen individuals are under quarantine at King Elementary.

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Most of the district’s 9,000+ students are attended school virtually.

Framingham Public School returned a couple hundred students in October with the highest needs to their physical classrooms.

On November 5, roughly another 300 students returned to the classroom, including more students at BLOCKS preschool.

The Superintendent of Schools announced last week, that about 2,000 high needs students would NOT return to the classrooms in December – this is phase III.

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