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Water Main Break Closes Somerville Schools
A water main break caused Somerville Public Schools to be closed on Wednesday, Oct. 30, the district announced. Hey Bulldogs! School will be closed today, Wednesday October 30th! Posted by Somerville Public School District on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 The water main break occurred on the border of Raritan and Somerville, the Raritan Police Department said Route 206 North is closed between Dukes Parkway and Orlando Drive, police said. Raritan residents will experience water usage issues, police said. "We are working with NJ American Water and our local emerg…
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Stomach Virus Closes Central Jersey Elementary School
An elementary school in Middlesex County will be closed Friday, Feb. 9 due to a gastrointestinal outbreak, authorities said. The Irving School in Highland Park, which enrolls 310 students in pre-kindergarten through first grade, also canceled Thursday’s aftercare program due to the spreading stomach virus. Superintendent Kristina Susca announced the closing on the Highland Park School District's website. Workers will be giving the school building a deep cleaning before it reopens, Susca said. In a message to parents, Susca said the borough’s other three public schools, which include Highl…
Schools
Beloved North Jersey HS Teacher Fady Hanna Dies: 'We Feel Horrible'
A Passaic County high school is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved teachers. Fady Hanna, an English teacher at Manchester Regional High School in Haledon since 2020, was remembered by Schools Superintendent Gary Lubisco Jr. as "an engaging teacher," who made students feel excited to attend class. "We feel horrible," Luisco told Daily Voice. "He was a beloved member of our school community and will be deeply missed." It was not immediately known when or how Hanna died. The school will be closed on Wednesday, April 19 due to Hanna's untimely death, officials announced in a le…
Police & Fire
Threat Against 'Specific Individuals' Closes South Jersey School District
A Gloucester County school district was closed Friday, June 3 after a threat was made against the high school, officials said. Classes in the six-school Monroe Township Public Schools were canceled with police present at Williamstown High School. In an announcement to the school district, Superintendent of Schools Susan B. Ficke said the principal at Williamstown High School received an email of a threat of school violence which was to occur Friday. "We received the threat prior to the scheduled school day. There were approximately 30-50 students already at the sc…
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Monmouth County Catholic School Shutters: 'A Painful, Difficult Decision'
A private Catholic high school in Middletown will close permanently at the end of the school year. The Board of Trustees made the decision to close after deep deliberation and amid continued support for Mater Dei Prep, school officials said. Board Chair Kathryn A. McLaughlin, in a statement, said, "The fact is that we simply do not have the funds to continue school operations after this academic year.” Since 2014, enrollment has declined by more than half. However, a fundraising campaign by alumni and parents to save the school kept it open for another seven years. A group of alumni and p…
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Covid-
19: Middletown Closes Another School Due To Spike In Coronavirus Symptoms
Middletown Township is temporarily closing one of its elementary schools due to more students experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, officials said. Bayview Elementary School returned to all-remote instruction on Thursday and Friday as a "second wave" of coronavirus was being reported statewide. On Wednesday, Superintendent Mary Ellen Walker said, "While there were no new notifications of positive laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases today, there is a rising number of individuals, across grades and cohorts, who are symptomatic" "While we wait for the results of the COVID-19…
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Newark Schools All-Remote Until 2021
Newark public school students will have to wait until next year for in-person learning due to COVID-19. Superintendent Roger Leon announced that all schools will be holding classes remotely until at least Jan. 25, 2021. "This decision was not made lightly and was made with the best interests of all NPS students and staff," the BOE said in a press release. "Given all of the factors and guidance regarding this global pandemic, the next few days and months are intended to build confidence in our healthy and safe return to school. "We will get through this, because we will do it t…
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Covid-
19: Mercer County School Goes All-Remote Due To Positive Case
A Mercer County school is the latest to go all-remote after a COVID-19 case was reported. Hopewell Valley Central High School Central High School in Pennington will be going remote Thursday and Friday, though all other schools in the district will remain open, according to a notice posted on the district's website. All after-school activities will be cancelled and no students or staff will be allowed in the building until Monday morning for a deep-cleaning and contact-tracing, the letter says. It was not clear if the positive case was a student, faculty member or teacher.
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