Brentwood Union School District Reports 15 Cases of COVID-19

Multiple schools this week within the Brentwood Union School District were sent out letters highlighting that staff or students had tested positive with COVID-19 within the City of Brentwood.

As of Saturday, the Contra Costa Health Services Dashboard says Brentwood has had 4,397 total cases to date, however, in the past 14-days, the number stands at 200.  The city has also seen 45 deaths attributed to COVID-19. The vaccination rate in Brentwood stands at 74.8% partially vaccinated with 68.7% fully vaccinated.

On Sunday, Superintendent Dana Eaton confirmed the letters saying at least 15 staff and students have tested positive for COVID-19 within the 11 schools.

“This does not mean that students and staff contracted COVID at school.  We do not currently have any cases where contact tracing has shown that anyone has contracted COVID at school from a positive individual,” said Eaton.

Its been confirmed letters have been sent home to Loma Vista Elementary School and Edna Hill Middle School.

He added that the Contra Costa County Health Department has shared with us that we should expect positive cases in our schools.  The positivity rate at schools is likely to mirror that of the communities they reside in.

“Our goal is to follow the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Safety Guidance to prevent the spread of positive cases at school.  This includes indoor masking by all regardless of vaccination status, hand washing and cleaning and sanitation protocols,” said Eaton.

Here are the steps that school offices take when a positive case comes in.

• School is notified of positive COVID case 
• School Notifies school site Nurse Team representative, district leadership
• Contact tracing occurs in collaboration with Nurse Team
• Personal contact (phone or in person) with all identified close contacts (within 6 feet for 15 minutes)
• Follow up with letter to all close contacts
• Close contacts are placed in appropriate quarantine procedure by school nurse following CDPH guidance and County Health input (if appropriate)
• Cleaning of affected classroom if appropriate as directed by school nurse team and principal
• Notification to all school staff via email
• Notification to all families at entire school via e-mail

We publish a dash board of all cases each week to be as transparent as possible.  Our Plan, dash board (updated Mondays for the previous week) and testing resources for family and staff are available on our website on the COVID-19 page.

For a full recap of the County data, click here including a recap of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisor Meeting.