This is a historical record of known COVID-19 cases among Ridgefield Public Schools students and staff from August 17, 2020 through June 14, 2021.
There were 323 known cases of COVID-19 among students and staff. 2909 students and staff were placed in quarantine after potential exposures in school, on the bus, and at athletic events. 1 RHS student athlete tested positive after being exposed to an opposing player with COVID-19 at an away game.
Previous to December, 2020 there were 5 cases across RPS where in-school transmission could not be ruled out. 31 cases were linked to an outbreak at FES from December 1-16, 2020. After January, 2021 there were 10 cases where in-school transmission cannot be ruled out.
Case Information
5/20, 5/21/21
RHS 1 case. 8 students placed in quarantine.
5/10/21
BES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
5/10/21
BMES 1 case. 32 students and 2 staff members placed in quarantine.
5/6/21
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
5/4/21
BMES 1 case. 1 presumed positive case. No contact tracing needed.
5/3, 5/4/21
VPES 1 case. 25 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine.
5/3/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/26, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29/21
RHS 1 case. 13 students placed in quarantine.
4/28/21
RHS An RHS athletics team was exposed to a positive player on the opposite team on 4/23/21. 16 Students placed in quarantine.
4/26/21
SES 2 presumed positive cases. No contact tracing needed.
4/26/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/26/21
BMES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/20, 4/21/21
FES 1 case. 14 students placed in quarantine.
4/20, 4/21 4/22/21
ERMS 1 case. 28 students and 2 staff placed in quarantine.
4/19 4/20, 4/21 4/22/21
ERMS 1 case. 23 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine.
4/21, 4/22/21
SRMS 1 case. 19 Students placed in quarantine.
4/20, 4/21, 4/22
RHS 1 case. 10 students placed in quarantine.
4/20/21
RHS 1 case. 2 students placed in quarantine.
4/20/21
RHS 1 case. Contact tracing completed. No students or staff placed in quarantine.
4/19/21
FES 2 cases. 32 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine.
4/19/21
RHS 3 cases. No contact tracing needed.
4/16, 4/17/21
RHS 1 case. 1 student placed in quarantine.
4/18/21
SRMS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
4/17/21
RES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/17/21
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/16/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/16/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/16/21
RES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/13/21
VPES 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
4/11/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/8, 4/9/21
RHS 1 case. No students or staff placed in quarantine.
4/7, 4/8/21
FES 1 case. 10 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine.
4/10/21
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
4/5/21
SRMS 1 case. 2 students and 2 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/30/21
BMES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/30/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/29/21
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/24/21
RHS 1 case. Contact tracing completed. No students or staff placed in quarantine.
3/26/21
BES 1 case. 29 students and 2 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/25, 3/26/21
SRMS 1 case. 46 students and 7 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/26/21
RHS 1 cases. No contact tracing needed.
3/26/21
FES 1 cases. No contact tracing needed.
3/25/21
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
3/19, 3/22 ,3/23, 3/24/21
RHS 1 case. 24 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/25/21
FES 1 case. 1 presumed positive case. No contact tracing needed.
3/24/21
RHS 3 cases. No contact tracing needed.
3/23/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/22/21
FES 1 presumed positive case. No contact tracing needed.
3/22/21
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/18, 3/19
RHS 1 case. 4 students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/21/21
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
3/21/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/19/21
VPES 1 case. 21 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/19/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/19/21
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
3/15, 3/16, 3/17, 3/18/21
RHS 1 case. 4 students placed in quarantie for 10 days.
3/16, 3/18
RHS 1 case. 7 students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/16/21
ERMS 1 case. 41 Students and 12 staff members place into.
3/18/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/17/21
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/15, 3/16/21
RES 2 cases. 19 Students and 2 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days. In school transmission cannot be ruled out.
3/16/21
FES 1 case. 2 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/16/21
FES 1 case. 1 student and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/15/21
RHS 1 case. 10 students placed in quarantine for 10 days
3/15/21
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/15/21
RHS 2 cases. Contact tracing in progress.
3/14/21
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/14/21
RPS 1 case. 2 staff placed in quarantine for to days.
3/12/21
BMES 1 case. Contact tracing in progress. In-school transmission cannot be ruled out. 12 Students and 1 staff member place in quarantine fore 10 days.
3/12/21
BMES 1 cases. 21 and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/12/21
RES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/12/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/12/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/10, 3/11/21
RHS 1 case. 8 students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/9/21
SRMS 1 presumed positive case. No contact tracing needed.
3/9/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/10/21
RHS 1 case. 4 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/9/21
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
3/8/21
FES 1 case 16 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/8/21
BES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/3, 3/4, 3/5/21
SES/RHS 1 case. 26 students SES and 21 SES staff placed in quarantine for 10 days. 1 RHS student and 2 RHS staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/5/21
BES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/3, 3/4/21
RHS 1 case. 3 staff members place in quarantine for 10 days.
3/3, 3/4/21
RHS 1 case. 3 staff members place in quarantine for 10 days.
3/4/21
RHS 1 case. 1 student was placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/4/21
SRMS 1 case. 31 students and 2 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/4/21
RHS 1 case. 3 placed in quarantine
3/1, 3/2, 3/3/21
RHS 1 case. 14 students and 3 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/3/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
3/1/21
RHS 1 case. 2 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/1/21
BMES 1 case. 10 students and 8 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days.
3/1/21
ERMS 2 case. No contact tracing neeed.
2/23, 2/24, 2/25/21
SES 1 case. 55 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
2/24/21
AHS 1 case. 6 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
2/24/21
BES/VPES 1 presumed positive case No contact tracing needed.
2/24/21
BES 1 case No contact tracing needed.
2/24/21
RHS 1 case No contact tracing needed.
2/24/21
ERMS 3 cases No contact tracing needed.
2/22/21
SRMS 1 case No contact tracing needed.
2/22/21
ERMS 1 case No contact tracing needed.
2/21/21
VPES 1 case No contact tracing needed.
2/19/21
SRMS 1 case No contact tracing needed.
2/19/21
BES 1 case No contact tracing needed.
2/18/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
2/17/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
2/17/21
FES 1 case. 7 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days. Update 2/22/21: This case was determined to be a false positive with two subsequent negative PCR tests. This group has been taken out of quarantine.
2/8, 2/9, 2/10/21
BES 1 case. 57 students and 5 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
2/8/21
SRMS 1 case. 42 students and 7 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
2/10/21
VPES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
2/2, 2/3, 2/4/21
SRMS 1 presumed positive case. 38 students and 9 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
2/9/21
FES 1 cases. No contact tracing needed.
2/8/21
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
2/3/21
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
2/2/21
BMES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/25 through 1/29/21
RHS 1 case. 43 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/29/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/27,1/28,1/29/21
RHS, SRMS, RES 1 case. 2 RHS Students, 14 SRMS students, 7 RES students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/29/21
BMES 3 cases. No contact tracing needed.
1/28/21
RHS 1 case. 26 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/28/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/27/21
BMES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/27/21
RHS, SRMS, RES, FES 1 case. 14 RHS students 7 SRMS students 2 RES students and 9 FES students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/27/21
RHS 1 case. 22 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days
1/27/21
RES 1 case. 15 students and 7 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days
1/27/21
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
1/26/21
VPES 1 case. No contact tracing needed. This case has a known source of infection outside of the VPES school building.
1/26/21
RPS 1 case. No contact tracing needed. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case.
1/26/21
FES 1 case. 7 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/25, 1/26/21
VPES 1 case. 8 students and 5 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/25/21
SES 1 case. 11 students and 3 staff members place in quarantine for 10 days.
1/25/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/25/21
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/25/21
BMES 2 cases. No contact tracing needed
1/25/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/25/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/25/21
BES 1 presumed positive case. 22 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/24/21
RES 2 cases. 11 students and 5 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/23/21
VPES 1 case. 19 students who are already in quarantine will have their quarantine extended by several days.
1/22/21
ERMS 1 presumed positive case. 20 students and 8 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/22/21
RHS 1 case. 25 students and 5 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/21/21
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/21/21
VPES 2 cases. 19 students and 10 staff have been placed in quarantine fore 10 days.
1/19/21
BES/ERMS/VPES 1 case. 9 BES students, 6 ERMS students and 2 VPES students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/19/21
RHS 1 case. 5 students and 2 staff members placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/18/21
RHS 1 case. No Contact tracing needed.
1/18/21
FES 2 cases. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in one of these cases. Both cases also have a potential source of infection outside of the school building. 7 students and 1 staff member place in quarantine for 10 days.
1/17/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/17/21
SES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/15/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
1/11, 1/12/21
RES 1 case. 9 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/11, 1/12, 1/13/21
SRMS 1 case. 15 students and one staff member have been placed in quarantine for 10 days. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case.
1/11, 1/12, 1/13/21
SRMS 1 case. 40 students and 7 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days
1/11/21
BES 1 case. 9 Students and 5 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/14/21
ERMS 1 presumed positive. No contact tracing needed.
1/14/21
RHS 1 presumed positive. No contact tracing needed.
1/14/21
ERMS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
1/13/21
FES/RES 1 case. 16 Students from FES and 62 students and 3 staff from RES have been placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/13/21
RHS 1 case, no contact tracing needed
1/11, 1/12/21
RHS 1 case, and 1 presumed positive. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in the positive case. 12 staff and 34 students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/11/21
BES 1 case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case. No contact tracing for this case is needed.
1/11/21
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
1/4, 1/5/21
RHS 1 case. 20 students and 6 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/8/21
BES 1 case. 2 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/9/21
ERMS 1 case. 23 students and 9 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/8/21
SES 1 case. 2 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/8/21
SRMS 1 presumed positive case. No contact tracing needed.
1/7/21
SRMS 1 case. 26 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/7/21
RHS 1 case. 4 staff and 14 students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/6/21
RHS 6 cases. No contact tracing needed
1/5/21
RHS 1 case. 4 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
1/5/21
BMES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/5/21
RHS 3 cases. No contact tracing needed
1/4/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/4/21
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/4/21
ERMS/BES/FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/4/21
RHS 1 cases. No contact tracing needed
1/4/21
SRMS 1 positive 1 presumed positive. No contact tracing needed
1/3/21
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed
1/3/21
SES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/3/21
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/2/21
BES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/1/21
SES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
1/1/21
RHS 1 presumed positive case. No contact tracing needed
12/31/20
RES 1 cases. No contact tracing needed
12/30/20
RHS 1 cases. No contact tracing needed
12/30/20
BES 2 cases. No contact tracing needed
12/29/20
BES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
12/21/20
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
12/29/20
SRMS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed
12/29/20
VPES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
12/28/20
SES/BMES/RES 1 case. No contact tracing needed
12/28/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
12/26/20
SES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/26/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/22/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing completed.
12/18/20
FES 1 case. Quarantine period for this exposure has already passed.
12/21/20
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/18/20
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/18/20
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/21/20
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/21/20
RHS 2 cases. No contact tracing needed.
12/21/20
VPES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/16/20
FES 1 case. 21 students placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/21
FES 1 case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out. Contact tracing is not needed.
12/21
FES 6 cases. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in theses cases.
12/21
FES 1 case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case. No contact tracing needed.
12/19
FES 1 case. No contact tracing needed for this case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case.
12/15, 12/16, 12/17
FES 2 case. 53 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/14
FES 1 case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case. 20 students and 5 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/14
FES 1 case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case.
12/15
FES 1 case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case. 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/14, 12/15
FES 1 case. In school transmission cannot be ruled out in this case. 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/14/20
FES 1 case. 14 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/11/20
FES 1 case. 47 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/9/20
FES 1 case. No additional staff or students placed in quarantine. Cannot rule out in-school transmission for this case.
12/9, 12/10, 12/11, 12/14, 12/15,12/16/20
FES 1 case. 15 students and 13 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/14/20
FES 1 case. 20 students and 8 staff placed into quarantine for 10 days.
12/7, 12/8, 12/9, 12/10, 12/11
ERMS 1 case 40 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/10/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed
12/2/20
FES 2 cases. 11 students and 5 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days
12/7/20
ERMS 1 case. 23 students and 5 staff placed in quarantine for 10 days.
12/10/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/5/20
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/4/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/3/20
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/1, 12/2/20
RHS, SRMS, RES 1 case. 6 RHS students, 3 SRMS, 6 RES students placed in quarantine for 14 days.
12/1, 12/2/20
FES 1 case. 15 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/23/20
FES 1 case. 8 students placed in quarantine for 14 days.
12/2/20
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
12/2/20
BMES 1 case. 18 Students and 7 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
12/2/20
ERMS 1 case. 28 students and 10 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
12/2/20
ERMS 2 cases. No contact Tracing Needed
12/1/20
ERMS, BES 1 case. 11 ERMS students and 21 BES students placed in quarantine for 14 days.
12/1/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/30/20
RES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/30/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/30/20
ERMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/30/20
SRMS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/30/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/30/20
SES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/29/20
BES 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/24/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed.
11/23/20
ERMS 1 case. 43 Students and 9 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/23/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed. This individual was exposed at RHS on 11/12. We cannot rule out in-school transmission for this case.
11/21/20
RHS 1 case. No contact tracing needed. This individual was exposed at RHS on 11/12. We cannot rule out in-school transmission for this case.
11/20/20
RHS 1 case. No exposure to others at RPS, no contact tracing required.
11/16, 11/17, 11/18/20
VPES 1 positive case, 1 presumed positive case. Contact tracing in progress. 47 students and 10 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/18/20
ERMS 1 case. No exposure to others at RPS, no contact tracing required.
11/17/20
RHS 1 case. No significant exposure. No contact tracing required.
11/12/20
RHS 4 cases. 62 students and 10 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/12, 11/13/20
ERMS 1 probable case. 39 students and 11 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/10, 11/12, 11/13/20
FES 1 probable positive case. 19 students and 12 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
Update 11/18/20: This probable positive individual had a negative COVID-19 PCR test and a positive influenza test. After consulting with Town if Ridgefield Health Director, Ed Briggs and RPS Medical Advisor, Dr. Ahern we were able to take these 19 students and 12 staff out of quarantine.
11/12/20
BMES 1 case. 15 students and 3 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/9, 11/10
RHS 1 case. 72 students and 8 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/11/20
RHS Varsity athletics team exposed to positive player on opposing team on 11/10/20. 19 students placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/11/20
RHS 1 case. No significant exposure at RPS. No contact tracing at RPS needed.
11/10/20
SRMS 1 case. 25 students and 7 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/13/20
RHS athletics team exposed to probable positive player on opposing team on 11/9/20. 27 students placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/9/20
SES 1 case. 11 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/9/20
SRMS 1 case. No significant exposure at RPS sponsored activities.
11/5, 11/6/20
RHS 1 case. 52 students and 6 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/4, 11/5/20
SES 1 case. 14 students and 1 staff member placed in quarantine for 14 days. This case is connected to a previous case at SES raising the possibility of an in-school transmission.
11/2, 11/4/20
SES 1 case. 28 students and 16 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/2, 11/4/20
SRMS 1 case. 0 students and 9 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
11/2/20
RHS 1 case. 14 students and 7 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
10/22, 10/23, 10/26, 10/27, 10/29, 10/30/20
BMES 2 cases. 23 students and 13 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days
10/28, 10/29/20
FES 1 case. 0 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
10/26, 10/27, 10/28, 10/29/20
RHS 1 case. 32 students and 15 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
10/22, 10/23/20
BES 1 probable case. 19 students and 9 staff members placed in quarantine for 14 days
10/25/20
ERMS 1 case. No significant exposure to others
10/22/20
SRMS 1 case. 43 students and 7 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days
10/20, 10/21, 10/22/20
ERMS 1 case. 34 students and 8 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days
10/19, 10/20/20
SRMS 1 case. 58 students and 9 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days
10/17/20
RHS 1 case at PSATs. 9 students and 1 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days.
10/13/20
RHS Varsity athletics team exposed at away game. 15 students placed in quarantine for 14 days
10/13/20
RHS 1 case. 35 students and 4 staff placed in quarantine for 14 days
10/05/20
ERMS 1 case. No significant exposure. No quarantine indicated
8/17/20
RHS 1 case. No significant exposure. No quarantine indicated