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School Bus Driver Shortage Causes Closure Of District In Area School Bus Driver Shortage Causes Closure Of District In Area
School Bus Driver Shortage Causes Closure Of District In Area Classes were canceled again for a Hudson Valley school district that is struggling to contend with the national school bus driver shortage. Tim Mains, superintendent of Pine Bush Central School District in Orange County, said that all seven schools in the district would be closed again on Monday, Sept. 13 after being forced to close on Friday, Sept. 10 as they work to find a temporary fix for the lack of drivers. Earlier story - There Aren't Enough Bus Drivers To Pick Up Students At Three School Districts In Area School officials worked through the weekend to recast approximately 100 …

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Sullivan School Closes After Positive Case Leads To Quarantines COVID-19: Sullivan School Closes After Positive Case Leads To Quarantines
Covid-19: Sullivan School Closes After Positive Case Leads To Quarantines There has been a new school closure due to a positive case of COVID-19 in the Hudson Valley. The school, in Sullivan County, is the George L. Cooke Elementary School, where a staff member tested COVID positive and several other staffers are in quarantine, the Monticello Central School District announced. The school has switched to remote instruction only for all of its students through Friday, Oct. 9, the district announced on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Related story - COVID-19: Westchester School District Pushes In-Person Learning Into November  The district and Su…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Teachers Express Concerns About Schools Reopening COVID-19: Hudson Valley Teachers Express Concerns About Schools Reopening
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Teachers Express Concerns About Schools Reopening With schools in New York set to physically reopen in September, some teachers in the Hudson Valley have shown trepidation about returning to the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state health officials announced that due to low COVID-19 infection rates statewide, all schools would be permitted to resume in-person learning, albeit with certain restrictions in place. All 749 New York school districts were instructed to provide the state with guidance on how they planned to reopen and handle potential remote learning, testing, and contac…

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by Zak Failla
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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…

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by Zak Failla