The Crotched Mountain School has confirmed positive COVID-19 tests associated with the school’s Greenfield campus.
“Crotched Mountain is actively monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on our campus,” Vice President of Communications David Johnson said on Monday in a statement. “We are bound by HIPPA regulations to keep all medical information secure. We can confirm positive COVID-19 tests that have been confined to one campus residence and with direction from local and state authorities have implemented all necessary safety protocols,” he wrote.
The school’s illness prevention plan is available at www.crotchedmountain.org/covid19. The plan says the school will begin to conduct academics in the residences starting on March 30, and meals will be served at the residences rather than the cafeteria. The residences are practicing shelter-in-place protocols, and the school is incentivizing staff members to live on campus rather than travel to and from home. Others who can work from home are encouraged to do so, and school and residential program managers are to rotate between 14 days on-campus and 14 days at home.
All services from the school’s Ready Set Connect autism centers are suspended through April 3, at least. Day students remain home until May 4, and will be given educational packets and teacher support throughout the next few weeks. The school is closed to all visitors, and students may only travel off campus for medical visits.
— By ABBE HAMILTON