Langley School District has issued a COVID exposure notice to families of Richard Bulpitt Elementary.
On Thursday evening the local district sent a letter to families to notify them that an individual within the school community had tested positive for coronavirus.
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“If your child was exposed, you will receive an additional letter providing more information,” said Gord Stewart, superintendent of Langley schools .
The COVID-positive individual was at the school (20965 77A Ave.) on Feb. 1 and 2, according to Fraser Health.
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Public Health has initiated contact tracing.
“Public Health will only contact you if you or your child was directly exposed to COVID-19,” they said.
Our District has sent home a COVID-19 Early Notification letter to the Richard Bulpitt Elementary school community today. Thank you to staff, @FraserHealth, and families for your support. Read on the school or District website here: https://t.co/I8M8WV6y4A #MySD35Community pic.twitter.com/j0pB5RtBSs
— Langley Schools (@LangleySchools) February 5, 2021
The health authority asks parents to continue to send their children to school and to monitor them daily for symptoms of COVID-19.
As of Friday morning there were 11 schools in Langley on Fraser Health’s COVID-19 school exposure list, including one independent school.
For more information visit www.fraserhealth.ca/schoolexposures.
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