The superintendent in one New Hampshire school district canceled school Monday as a precaution because an employee was advised to self-quarantine after traveling on a bus with a person diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Superintendent Susan Givens in Newmarket sent a letter to parents Sunday night.
Givens said the employee, who isn’t a teacher, was contacted by the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. The agency asked the employee to self-quarantine because she traveled on a bus with a person who was just diagnosed with the coronavirus. Givens said, “Presence on a bus does not mean that this employee was exposed to the virus.”
Givens said that neither the school employee nor her family are experiencing symptoms and that the “self-quarantine is just a precautionary measure.”
“I feel that it is important to take this precaution for the health and peace of mind for all members of our learning community,” Givens said. She said more information would be provided.
The district has an elementary school and a junior-senior high school.
State public health officials said Sunday they are monitoring about 150 people after the number of positive coronavirus cases in the state doubled to four.