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COVID-19 Cripples Bergen County School District COVID-19 Cripples Bergen County School District
Covid-19 Cripples Bergen County School District COVID-19 is taking its toll on schools in Bergen County's Pascack Valley. Westwood Regional Schools announced Sunday evening that all schools in the district would transition to remote instruction. The district did not say how many people tested positive, or if any at all. Only that classes would be remote until early November. Then, an hour before classes were set to begin at Pascack Hills High School Monday morning, the school went remote and cancelled extracurricular activities. The news comes days after one case was reported at Pascack Valley High School, which switched to remote …

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
COVID-19: More Bergen, Hudson County Schools Close Due To Positive Cases COVID-19: More Bergen, Hudson County Schools Close Due To Positive Cases
Covid-19: More Bergen, Hudson County Schools Close Due To Positive Cases Three additional schools in Bergen and Hudson counties had closed due to COVID-19 cases as of Friday. Nearly 40 "groups" were under quarantine at Garfield Middle School where a pair of teachers tested positive, school principal and Mayor Richard Rigoglioso said. The school closed after one staff member was in school Oct. 9, and the other Oct. 14. Both likely contracted the virus outside of the school, Rigoglioso said. A student at Pascack Valley High School contracted the virus over the weekend, Superintendent Erik Gundersen said. The building was closed Friday, Oct. 16, as the studen…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: More Hateful Symbols Reported Found At Pascack Valley High School UPDATE: More Hateful Symbols Reported Found At Pascack Valley High School
Update: More Hateful Symbols Reported Found At Pascack Valley High School UPDATE: A recent rash of hate symbols that have confounded officials and angered parents have spread from Pascack Valley High School to Pascack Hills. https://pascackvalley.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/swastikas-racist-graffiti-spread-from-pascack-valley-hs-to-hills/745334/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: As calls for healing intensified, more symbols of hate were found at Pascack Valley High School -- for what is now the third time in less than two months, officials said. Students said homophobic and racial slurs were drawn on plaques honoring former high school players on one of the baseball …

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by Jerry DeMarco