<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="aju"><div class="aCi"><font face="Arial" class=""><font color="#ff2600" class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions, please contact</span><font size="1" class=""> </font></font></font><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#ff0000" size="1" class=""><a href="mailto:amandafrey@berkeley.net" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">amandafrey@berkeley.net</a> </font></i></div></div><div class=""><div id=":mr" class="gt ii"><div id=":mq" class="a3s aiL "><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic;" class="">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 your student were identified as a close contact to the positive individual, you would have already received a separate phone call/email notification.</span><br class=""><div class=""><div title="Page 1" class=""><p class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">10/25/2021</font></span></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Dear Parent/Guardian,</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">I am writing to inform you that we were notified of two positive COVID-19 test results for two individual(s) who were at <span style="font-weight: 700;" class="">Berkeley High School </span>during their infectious period. While we have no reason to believe your student was a close contact* of this individual(s), we are notifying you because we have committed to notifying the community any time there is a positive case at a BUSD site.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">We have followed all positive case protocols.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">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.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Regards,</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Amanda Frey District Nurse</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">*A <span style="font-weight: 700;" class="">close contact </span>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.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">*If your student was a close contact of this positive individual you would have already received a separate phone call/email notification indicating this. </font></p></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Spanish Version / versión en espanól</font></b></div><div class=""><div title="Page 1" class=""><p class=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-size: 11px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Esta es una carta genérica que BUSD se ha comprometido a enviar a las comunidades escolares para notificar a todos cuando se ha reportado un caso positivo en la escuela. Por favor, tome en cuenta que si usted o su estudiante fueron identificados como un contacto cercano al individuo positivo, usted ya habría recibido una notificación por teléfono/correo electrónico por separado.</font></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 11px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">10/25/2021</font></span></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Estimado Padre/Tutor Legal:</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Le escribo para informarle que se nos ha notificado acerca de un dos resultados positivo en la prueba de COVID-19 para un dos individuos que estaba en <span style="font-weight: 700;" class="">Berkeley High School </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36);" class="">durante su período infeccioso.</span>Aunque no tenemos ninguna motivo para creer que su estudiante fue un contacto cercano* a este individuo, le estamos notificando debido a que nos hemos comprometido a informar a la comunidad cada vez que haya un caso positivo en un establecimiento de BUSD.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Hemos seguido todos los protocolos de casos positivos.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">No hay nada que usted deba de hacer en este momento. Nosotros tomamos muy en serio la salud y la seguridad de nuestro personal docente y de nuestros alumnos. Esperamos que le tranquilice el hecho de que no creemos que su estudiante haya sido un contacto cercano a este individuo. Por favor, continúe haciendo que su estudiante practique todos los protocolos de seguridad de COVID-19.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Saludos,</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Amanda Frey<br class="">Enfermera en el Distrito (District Nurse)</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">*Un contacto cercano se define como una persona que está a menos de 6 pies de una persona infectada durante más de 15 minutos. Esto puede ser con o sin una cubierta/mascarilla/cubrebocas para la cara. Los 15 minutos NO tienen que ser continuos, es decir, por ejemplo, una persona podría tener 10 minutos de contacto antes de la comida y cinco minutos de contacto después de la comida para un total de 15 minutos.</font></p><p class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">*Si su estudiante fue un contacto cercano a este individuo que resultó positivo, usted ya habría recibido una llamada telefónica/notificación por correo electrónico por separado indicando esto. </font></p></div></div><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">-- <br class=""></font><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Kiernan Rok (he/him)</font></div><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Vice Principal<br class=""></font></div><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Berkeley High School<br class=""></font></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><b style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><font color="#0000ff" class=""><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oxTPHE9Q8_wu7Nvl925NMLulSZv9BOcLUImCufQxSYE/edit" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oxTPHE9Q8_wu7Nvl925NMLulSZv9BOcLUImCufQxSYE/edit&source=gmail&ust=1635279823103000&usg=AFQjCNGPjZJu0sG1zIqCiQV1lm2wIpqk1A" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">BUSD COVID-19 Safety Plan 2021-2022</a></font></b><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class=""><br class=""></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); 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