Waterford — Waterford Public Schools was notified Wednesday that a person connected with Clark Lane Middle School tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Thomas W. Giard III said in an email Thursday to parents, guardians and staff.

The school remains open and running on the usual hybrid schedule with the exception of the Sea Stars Team, which will remain in distance learning through Nov. 30 and return to the regular hybrid schedule on Dec. 1.

According to the Waterford Public Schools website, Sea Stars is one of three teams into which eighth-graders are placed.

All contact tracing has been completed, and any child on Sea Stars who was not contacted is not considered a close contact and doesn't have to quarantine, Giard said. The infected individual was last in the building on Monday.

Giard said that in the current situation, those who have had contact with close contacts of the infected individual, but not the individual, are not considered to be at risk. The CDC defines a "close contact" as someone who has spent at least 15 minutes within 6 feet of an infected person, or was directly exposed through droplets, such as from a sneeze or cough.