Wilton contact tracers have determined the number of positive cases connected to a weekend gathering of high schoolers earlier this month now stands at 25.   Principal Robert O'Donnell says without swift containment, cooperation and contact tracing, the cases easily could have been double that or more.  

Officials learned that protocols on gathering size limits due to the pandemic, mask-wearing and social distancing were not followed at the January 15th gathering.  There were two other parties on that Saturday with some students from Friday's gathering attending one or both.

In addition to 16 Wilton High School students, one Middlebrook and one Cider Mill student who did not attend but had direct contact with attendees tested positive.  Four others who are not of school age who did not attend but had direct contact with attendees and tested positive and there is one pending test. 

O'Donnell urged parents to take ownership of what happens in their own homes and what students engage in amid the ongoing pandemic. He said parents never know if a student might be ill, if a student is asymptomatic.