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January 14, 2022

Dear Hazlet Families:

Effective Tuesday, January 18, 2022, Hazlet School District will implement the following protocols:

COVID-19 POSITIVE OR SYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS

• Individuals who test positive for Covid-19 and are symptomatic, or individuals with Covid-19 symptoms who weren’t tested or are awaiting test results, should stay home and isolate for at least five full calendar days.
• If symptoms resolve (fever-free for 24 hours and other conditions improve), isolation can end after five full calendar days and individuals can return to school/work.
• If symptoms persist, continue to isolate until fever-free or 24 hours and other symptoms have improved.
• A negative Covid-19 test is not required to return to school/work.

COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT SYMPTOMS

• Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 but have no symptoms must stay home and isolate for five full calendar days.
• If no symptoms develop, isolation can end after five full calendar days.
• If symptoms develop within one week of the positive test, the five-day isolation starts over on the first day of symptoms. Strict mask wearing at all times is required for another 5 days for those who test positive or are quarantined due to exposure.
• A negative Covid-19 test is not required to return to school/work.

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Dear School Community,

This announcement is to inform you that the District was notified of one hundred seventeen (117) new confirmed cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) since the District last reported on 1-7-2022.The entire state of New Jersey continues in the High Activity Level.

• Raritan High School reported  twenty nine (29) new cases. Contact tracing has been completed. Quarantines are in place.
• Hazlet Middle School reported sixteen (16) new cases.  Contact tracing has been completed. Quarantines are in place. 
• Beers Street School reported thirteen (13) new cases. Contact tracing has been completed. Quarantines are in place.
• Cove Road School reported twelve (12) new cases. Contact tracing has been completed. Quarantines are in place.
• Lillian Drive School reported fourteen (14) new cases. Contact tracing has been completed. Quarantines are in place.
• Middle Road School reported sixteen (16) new cases. Contact tracing has been completed. Quarantines are in place.
• Raritan Valley School reported six (6) new cases. Contact tracing has been completed.  Quarantines are in place.
• Sycamore Drive School reported eleven (11) new cases. Contact tracing has been completed. Quarantines are in place.

We will continue to monitor and coordinate cases as they evolve. Stakeholders from individual schools where cases occur will be notified within 36 hours; aggregated totals for all eight schools will be posted on the district website on Friday mornings, before noon. 

Click here to view the Safe Return Plan for the 2021 - 2022 school year.