<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></font><font color="#ff0000" face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Juan Raygoza at <a href="mailto:juanraygoza@berkeley.net" target="_blank" class="">juanraygoza@berkeley.net</a></font></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);"><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-9adc3cc0-7fff-41cc-eb25-bc809451d7ba" class=""><br class=""><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 180px; height: 72px;" class=""><img alt="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RzGS4AUoI3EE1s98HZ47Qt_nLo_jbE2C68GwnqLEp10g3wmSv8VQEaWrQA8linWu5vA0stGHNIu-jI9r9ipks4Rg7RX5dnboNAxecZ7oBQyUQfDpiobV62MYq_9oAHuToVdq09Sr" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/k14bUwvjQ9q1ivTS5DIR8fT6e6tegEW4JHJju6ZJCdYDBZkF_9Tjpt-maEgK7I70J9pz0LKd2K-HHPVeKvgyEM-yitiIM4nreCi7nOGIkgyPTMC772Lga161F3WRr9V38EKVLmNl" width="180" height="72" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" class=""></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 0.461998pt; margin-top: 15.1385pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">10/28/2021 </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 0.847pt; margin-top: 16.2556pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Dear Parent/Guardian, </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.32186; margin: 16.2556pt 5.54974pt 0pt 0.176003pt; text-indent: 0.847pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">I am writing to inform you that we were notified of several positive COVID-19 test results for individuals who were at </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Berkeley High School </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">during their infectious period. While we have no reason to believe your student was a close contact* of these individuals, we are notifying you because we have committed to notifying the community any time there is a positive case at a BUSD site. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""> </font></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Because there were at least 3 COVID-19 cases occurring in a 14-day period that were epidemiologically linked, the City of Berkeley Public Health Department has determined this to be an outbreak and has instructed the district to mandate additional COVID-19 testing for some individuals. We continue to work closely with the City of Berkeley Public Health Department to monitor this situation as we follow all </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> positive case protocols.</span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.32186; margin: 15.1385pt 16.095pt 0pt 0.0329971pt; text-indent: 0.0990067pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" 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></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 0.869003pt; margin-top: 15.1385pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Regards, </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 16.2556pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Amanda Frey </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-left: 0.847pt; margin-top: 1.70932pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">District Nurse </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.32186; margin: 16.2555pt 10.6059pt 0pt 0.330009pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.010994pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">*A </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">close contact </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">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. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.32186; margin-left: 0.341003pt; margin-top: 15.1386pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" 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></span></p><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><p class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Hola Familias de BHS,</font></p><div class=""><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial" class=""><b class="">Por favor de no responder a este email. Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con el director de BHS, Juan Raygoza, en <a href="mailto:juanraygoza@berkeley.net" target="_blank" class="">juanraygoza@berkeley.net</a>.</b></font></div><div class=""><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 209px; height: 84px;" class=""><img alt="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RzGS4AUoI3EE1s98HZ47Qt_nLo_jbE2C68GwnqLEp10g3wmSv8VQEaWrQA8linWu5vA0stGHNIu-jI9r9ipks4Rg7RX5dnboNAxecZ7oBQyUQfDpiobV62MYq_9oAHuToVdq09Sr" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/kDb1VVY5vXaz_6w2PeRmzkApWtIJ0y-XBWvFCG8w81F9W-i-BzJuZWMGhAuqpYfGti_-dDPjG85DgptPd2VEbSLNpzQoomHNhHC3o9Cq9Aq3mNvccRJ6RGp7RVD2As0X7ipReIC9" width="209" height="84" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></span><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">10/28/2021</font></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Estimado Padre/Tutor Legal:</font></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Le escribo para informarle que se nos ha notificado acerca de varios resultados positivo en la prueba de COVID-19 para individuos que estaban en </span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Berkeley High School</span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">durante sus períodos infecciosos. </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">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 </span></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">establecimiento de BUSD.</font></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Debido a que se produjeron por lo menos tres casos de COVID-19 en un periodo de 14 días los cuales estuvieron relacionados epidemiológicamente, el Departamento de Salud Pública del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Berkeley ha determinado que se trata de un brote y ha dado instrucciones al distrito para que ordene la realización de pruebas adicionales de COVID-19 para algunos individuos. Continuamos trabajando de cerca con el Departamento de Salud Pública de la Ciudad de Berkeley para monitorear esta situación mientras seguimos todos los protocolos de casos positivos. </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We continue to work closely with the City of Berkeley Public Health Department to monitor this situation as we follow all </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> positive case protocols.</span></font></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Hemos seguido todos los protocolos de casos positivos.</font></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" 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></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Saludos,</font></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Amanda Frey</font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Enfermera en el Distrito (District Nurse)</font></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" 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></span></div><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" 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></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); 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