September26th, 5:30pm. Message to ALL. Good Afternoon - I hope this call finds you all enjoying the beautiful weather. I am calling today to inform you that we have had our first positive case of COVID-19 reported to us at UCASD. I am calling to get out in front of any false rumors or speculations. The person that was found to be positive had very little interaction or contact with students, faculty, and staff and was only in the middle/high school. Again, the person was only in the Middle/High School. Mrs. Tomcho has reached out to any individual that not only would be considered a close contact by the Erie County Department of Health’s definition, but had any sort of proximity at all. We are doing this out of an abundance of caution. We have already deep cleaned any area this person was in, and again, if you were a close contact or even came close to the definition, Mrs. Tomcho has already contacted you. We will be emailing a letter to all families, faculty, and staff of the Middle/High School at 5:35 PM today. If for whatever reason you do not receive that letter please email myself or Mrs. Tomcho at our email addresses mtomcho@ucasd.org and mbennett@ucasd.org respectively. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to our emails as well. We will be checking them throughout the weekend. Please enjoy the remainder of the weekend, and we look forward to seeing you all back on Monday.