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COVID-19: Warren County High School Goes Remote After Weekend Outbreak COVID-19: Warren County High School Goes Remote After Weekend Outbreak
Covid-19: Warren County High School Goes Remote After Weekend Outbreak One Warren County high school has temporarily transitioned to fully remote learning after a weekend COVID-19 outbreak. Students and staff at Warren Hills Regional High School in Washington Township will participate in fully remote classes from Tuesday, March 23 through Wednesday, April 7, district officials said in an email. The decision comes after an “increase in the number of positive cases at the high school over the weekend, the need to quarantine students, faculty and staff and the shutting down of sports programs due to the positive cases,” the email said. The shutdown includes all …

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COVID-19: Phillipsburg Schools Go Fully Remote Due To 15 New Cases COVID-19: Phillipsburg Schools Go Fully Remote Due To 15 New Cases
Covid-19: Phillipsburg Schools Go Fully Remote Due To 15 New Cases All Phillipsburg schools have transitioned to remote learning after 15 individuals tested COVID-19 positive over the weekend, officials said. While middle and high school students had been placed on fully remote learning two days prior, the new cases — 10 among PHS students and five among school staff — shifted the district’s course of action. “Initially, due to staff levels, PMS and PHS were going to move to all-remove learning until Thursday, Nov. 19,” Superintendent Gregory Troxwell said in a letter dated Nov. 8. “Given what has transpired in the past 24 hours, this has now impacted on …

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COVID-19: Remainder Of Hackettstown High School Football Season Canceled COVID-19: Remainder Of Hackettstown High School Football Season Canceled
Covid-19: Remainder Of Hackettstown High School Football Season Canceled The remainder of Hackettstown High School's football season has been cancelled after an additional student tested positive for COVID-19. The school had been closed with students participating in all-virtual classes for the next two weeks. Staff members have the option to return to the building to teach virtually on Nov. 2, while Hackettstown Middle Schoolers will return to class Nov. 9. Meanwhile, the Warren County Health Department is reviewing whether or not it’s safe to continue other fall sports, according to the announcement posted Wednesday to the town’s website. The department will …

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COVID-19: First Case Announced In Warren County COVID-19: First Case Announced In Warren County
Covid-19: First Case Announced In Warren County Warren County’s first case of COVID-19 was confirmed Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The patient, a 56-year-old man from Mansfield Township, was treated at Hackettstown Medical Center. “While this is understandably concerning to residents, we will continue to work with county and local officials to help limit the spread of COVID-19 in our communities,” said Pete Summers, Health Officer of the Warren County Health Department. Health officials remind residents that individuals ages 60 and up face higher COVID-19 risks, as do immunocompromised patients and those with heart or lung diseas…

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by Valerie Musson