On-Campus Quarantine Follows Return of Students to Proctor

Administration continues protocol of transparency

January 18, 2021 • Saved under Proctor
By Scott Allenby
After an extended quarantine and layers of testing, Proctor Academy welcomed students back to campus in mid-January for the remainder of the Winter Term. Proctor’s Health Center staff has been critical to the safe reopening of campus. Pictured: Director of Health Services Sue Norris and nurses Mindy Bicknell and Michele Stetson. Caption: Scott Allenby. Photo: Lindsey Allenby

At the time of this article’s submission to the Beacon (January 18), Proctor Academy is in the midst of an on-campus quarantine following the school’s repopulation of boarding and day students over the past week.

After a successful Fall Term of in-person learning, Proctor operated remotely from November 20 through January 14. The multi-phased reopening of campus in January layered three separate PCR tests for each student, dorm-pod quarantines, and isolation following positive COVID-19 test results and close contacts before returning to in-person classes, athletics, and afternoon programming.

Proctor’s administration has, and will continue to, communicate any positive COVID-19 tests to the Andover Elementary/Middle School leadership, the Andover Town Administrator, and other Town officials. Boarding students will remain bubbled on Proctor’s campus until a baseline of health is established.

A complete overview of Proctor’s COVID-19 Return to School plan can be found online at ProctorAcademy.org/about/covid-19-return-to-school-plan.