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Thursday Night Announcement: Another 63 in Schools Quarantined, Including Eight With COVID-19

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A total of 63 people in the Darien school district — students, staff or both — were  quarantined after eight of them tested positive for COVID-19, district officials announced late Thursday night. The people quarantined include 34 (with five people testing positive) from Darien High School; one from Middlesex Middle School (who tested positive); and 21 from Tokeneke School (which had two people testing positive). The announcement from Schools Superintendent Alan Addley and district Nursing Director Alicia Casucci was received by Darienite.com at 9:15 p.m.

The people testing positive at Darien High School were last in the building April 1, 6, 7 and (in two cases) Thursday, April 8; the one at Middlesex on April 1; the two at Tokeneke on March 31 and Thursday, April 8. Before the Thursday night announcement, the school district said on its website that as of 10 a.m., Thursday, there were 216 school district community members in quarantine, including 26 testing positive for COVID-19. Twelve hours later, at 10 p.m., the “dashboard” page on the website was updated to state that there are now 34 people associated with the district that have tested positive and 248 in quarantine (see image, below).

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Police Investigation at Middlesex Middle School Results in Trespassing Charges for Two Teens

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Police didn’t catch two people they saw in a late-night trespassing incident at Middlesex Middle School on Nov. 27, but video images of two teenagers have resulted in both of them now being charged with trespassing. Darien police gave this account of the incident and investigation, including accusations not proven in court:

At 11:32 p.m., on Nov. 27, the Friday after Thanksgiving, a burglar alarm alerted police, who went to the scene and, through a second-floor window, saw two suspects in the building. The two walked down a hall and out of sight.

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An Unlocked Exit at Middlesex School Allows Nighttime Entry for Two — Who Elude Cops, K-9

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You know what police say about locking your car at night. It applies to schools, too. A burglar alarm at Middlesex Middle School got police to the scene, and quick enough for them to see two people through a second-floor window, but both ran through the building and escaped, police said. After police spotted the people in the building, a police dog and several more officers were called in to search the school. Police were alerted to the hijinks by the alarm at 11:32 p.m. on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.