Bethel School officials are clarifying changes in notification for school COVID-19 exposures.  The new system is very similar to the previous central office notifications.  It informs parents that there was a person in the school that was COVID positive.  The state has changed their guidance to move away from contact tracing and focusing resources on identification, early isolation, and clinical management of students and staff with active symptoms that could be related to COVID-19.   This change was made by the Department of Public Health because data indicates that transmissions in public schools across the state are low risk, given compliance with mitigation strategies.