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COVID: Irate NJ Dad Snuck Into Elementary School After Refusing To Bring Child Home, Police Say COVID: Irate NJ Dad Snuck Into Elementary School After Refusing To Bring Child Home, Police Say
COVID: Irate NJ Dad Snuck Into Elementary School After Refusing To Bring Child Home, Police Say A New Jersey father who refused to pick his child up from school after a COVID-19 exposure followed contractors into the building and began shouting at school officials Wednesday, local police said. It was only after officials at the Beachwood Elementary School told John Wehrle they would have to contact the Department of Child Protection if he didn't bring the student home that he ultimately agreed. Wehrl took to Facebook to defend himself: I only went this far because I should be able to ask questions. And if a school is telling you your child needs to quarantine there should be a plan o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: One Of NJ's Largest School Districts Remote Until January COVID-19: One Of NJ's Largest School Districts Remote Until January
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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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: 37 Students, Staff At Morris County High School Under Quarantine COVID-19: 37 Students, Staff At Morris County High School Under Quarantine
Covid-19: 37 Students, Staff At Morris County High School Under Quarantine A combined 37 Morristown High School staff members and students under a two-week quarantine someone associated with faculty tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said. The individual who tested positive was identified only as a community member in an announcement on the school’s website. A “close contact” of the individual has also started to experience symptoms and is awaiting test results, the announcement said. All students will be learning remotely Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. All in-person extracurricular and athletic activities have been canceled …

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by Valerie Musson