<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">





<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(251,2,7)">Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions, <span class="gmail-s1">p</span>lease contact BHS Principal Juan Raygoza at <a href="mailto:juanraygoza@berkeley.net"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">juanraygoza@berkeley.net</span></a>.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Hello BHS Families,</p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(251,0,7);min-height:11px"><b></b><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-s3" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please find below a Community Letter regarding </span>a positive COVID-19 test result for an individual who was at Berkeley High School. </p>
<p class="gmail-p6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>Student Positive Case Community Letter to Parents</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>This is a generic letter BUSD has committed to send to school site communities to notify everyone when a positive case has been reported at the school site. Please keep in mind that if you or your student were identified as a close contact to the positive individual, you would have already received a separate phone call/email notification.</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,11)"><b><i>07/29/2021</i></b></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>Dear Parent/Guardian,</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>I am writing to inform you that we were notified of a positive COVID-19 test result for an individual who was at <b>BHS </b>this week. While we have no reason to believe your student was a close contact* of this individual, we are notifying you because we have committed to notifying the community any time there is a positive case at a BUSD site.</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>We have followed all positive case protocols including cleaning all areas where this individual was this week.</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>There is nothing you need to do at this time. We take the health and safety of our staff and students very seriously. We hope you take reassurance in the fact that we do not believe that your student was a close contact to this individual. Please continue to have your student practice all COVID-19 safety protocols: Wash hands, wear a face covering and practice social distancing.</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>Regards,</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>Michelle Agosto District Nurse</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>*A <b>close contact </b>is defined as a person who is less than 6 feet from an infected person for greater than 15 minutes. This can be with or without a face covering/mask. The 15 minutes do NOT have to be contiguous, that is, for example, a person could have 10 minutes of contact before lunch and five minutes of contact after lunch for a total of 15 minutes.</i></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>*If your student was a close contact of this positive individual you would have already received a separate phone call/email notification indicating this. </i></p>
<p class="gmail-p9" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:11px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p10" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(98,98,98);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p12" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(24,25,27)"><b>_____________________________</b></p>
<p class="gmail-p13" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(70,103,157)">Nicole Chee, Jenny Fosket, Chaghig Walker, and Charlotte Le Liboux are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>.</p>
<p class="gmail-p14" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(62,0,63)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p15" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(12,97,171)"><span class="gmail-s5" style="color:rgb(70,103,157)">BHS Etree archives: <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p15" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(12,97,171)"><span class="gmail-s5" style="color:rgb(70,103,157)">BHS website: <a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p13" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(70,103,157)">BUSD 2021-2022 Calendar:<span class="gmail-s6" style="color:rgb(15,121,165)"> <a href="https://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Signed-Calendar-2021-2022.pdf"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">2021-2022 Calendar</span></a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p13" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(70,103,157)">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación: <a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a></p>
<p class="gmail-p14" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(62,0,63)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p13" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(70,103,157)">To post a message, send to: <a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs@lmi.net</span></a>.</p>
<p class="gmail-p14" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(62,0,63)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p13" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(70,103,157)">To <span class="gmail-s7" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(251,0,7)">unsubscribe</span> from the Etree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> with one word only in the subject line: unsubscribe.  The request must be sent from the email address that is subscribed to the list.  If that does not work, visit the URL at the bottom of each message, or put your email address at the end of this URL:  <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/</span></a>, or contact the Etree moderators at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-owner@lmi.net.</span></a></p>
<p class="gmail-p14" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(62,0,63)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p16" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(70,103,157)">To <span class="gmail-s8" style="text-decoration-line:underline">subscribe</span> to the Etree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> with one word only in the subject line: subscribe</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>