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COVID-19: Staff Members At Long Island Middle School Test Positive COVID-19: Staff Members At Long Island Middle School Test Positive
Covid-19: Staff Members At Long Island Middle School Test Positive A middle school on Long Island has transitioned to its distance learning model for the rest of the month after new positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed in staff members. The East Islip School District announced on Thursday, Nov. 12 that it would be switching to remote instruction until at least Tuesday, Dec. 1 due to seven confirmed COVID-19 cases among the staff. District officials said that the information has been provided to the Suffolk County Department of Health, which has started contact tracing and notifying anyone who may have been exposed to the virus. No other schools were imp…
COVID-19: Major University Will Begin, End Fall Semester Earlier To Avoid Possible Second Wave COVID-19: Major University Will Begin, End Fall Semester Earlier To Avoid Possible Second Wave
Covid-19: Major University Will Begin, End Fall Semester Earlier To Avoid Possible Second Wave A prestigious university has come up with a plan to welcome students back to campus in the fall amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The University of Notre Dame announced that it will be kicking off its fall semester early, during the week of Aug. 10, two weeks earlier than originally scheduled. The school will also forgo its fall break and end the semester early, before Thanksgiving in an effort to avoid a possible second wave of COVID-19 that could come in the fall. Notre Dame's students were sent home in mid-March due to the pandemic, and all academic and summer programming has…