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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…
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State Closes Newark Charter School With 2 Weeks Left
State officials have closed a Newark charter school with just two weeks left in the year, officials announced. The nearly 700 students at University Heights Charter School (UCHS), a pre-K-8 public charter school in Newark, were told on June 1, the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association said Friday, June 3. The reason for the closure was not immediately known. This leaves parents scrambling to find a plan for the summer and the fall. "The lack of care, compassion, and planning for such a high-stakes decision that impacts so many low-income families is unconscionable," said…
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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
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: One Of NJ's Largest School Districts Remote Until January
Yet another North Jersey school district has postponed in-person learning until 2021. The latest in Passaic County. Beginning Monday, all schools in Clifton will switch to remote learning due to a spike in the virus across the state, particularly Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties. Since reopening for in-person learning Oct. 12, 23 students and 12 staff members tested positive for the virus, forcing 398 students and 105 staff members to quarantine, Clifton Schools Superintendent Dr. Danny A. Robertozzi said Wednesday. Last week, 12 students and four staff members tested posit…
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All Bergen Tech High Schools Go Remote Until 'At Least' Jan. 15 After COVID Positives
All four Bergen County Technical District high schools will be closed to on-site instruction beginning this Monday through "at least" Jan. 15 because of positive coronavirus tests, officials announced Friday. More than 20 students and 10 or so staff members need to be quarantined following positive tests at two of the schools, Supt. Howard Lerner said. As a result, he said, "the instructional and student support programs in all four high schools will operate fully remotely for students, faculty, and staff during this time, as they did from September through October 2nd. "In-person at…
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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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St. Mary's School In Pompton Lakes Closing After Academic Year
St. Mary’s School in Pompton Lakes will permanently close at the end of this school year, officials said. The closing of the school, which has been with the Diocese of Paterson’s St. Mary’s Parish since 1952, was based on a recommendation from the parishioners at the St. Mary’s Parish Finance Committee and the subsequent approval of the recommendation by the diocese, according to a news release sent to Daily Voice Monday. Years of six-figure operating deficits and substantially declining enrollment were among factors cited for the closure, as well as a projected deficit of more than $334,00…
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Bayonne's Marist High School To Close In June
Marist High School in Bayonne will be closing in June. Declining enrollment and financial deficits ultimately forced the Catholic prep school's doors shut, President Peter G. Kane said in an announcement. "As many of you know, since 2017 we’ve undertaken various efforts to grow enrollment and launched a 'Save The School' campaign to help raise the critical $1.5 million necessary to bridge our operational gaps," Kane said. "Despite our best efforts, we were successful in raising only $750,000. This year's enrollment is at an all-time low of 235 students, and the school's projec…
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'S OUT: Electrical Outages Could Shut Hopatcong Schools For The Week
Hopatcong students could be home for the rest of the week due to a series of electrical malfunctions. Superintendent Arthur DiBenedetto urged parents to come up with contingency plans for Thursday and Friday, if power to the schools cannot be restored. Sometime Wednesday morning, transformers began overheating as the result of an electrical outage near the high school and Tulsa Trail Elementary School, DiBenedetto said. Circulator pumps may have burned out, and a fire broke out at the administration building, he said. While electricity has been restored to the high school, parts of the bu…
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