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Westport, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: New CT Executive Order On Substitute Teachers Takes Effect
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a new Executive Order that will grant school districts additional hiring power to help avoid staffing shortages during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lamont’s 83rd Executive Order since the pandemic began, signed this week, will allow the short-term hiring of substitute teachers who have not yet received their bachelor’s degree. Specifically, the new edict allows Miguel Cardona, the state’s Commissioner of Education to suspend the requirement that local school districts request and receive a waiver from the commissioner to hire short-term su…
New Haven, CT
News
Covid-
19: State OKs Closing Town's High And Middle Schools Through Jan. 19
Students in one Connecticut town may be returning to in-person learning sooner than they had planned. The Connecticut Board of Education recently approved a transition to distance learning and the closing of the high and middle schools in Wallingford. The state okayed Wallingford’s education plan through Jan. 19. But on Tuesday, Dec. 1, Superintendent Salvatore Menzo said that the district may be able to return students to the classroom earlier if COVID-19 cases drop. Menzo said schools have been closed due to a lack of staff and to prevent the spread of the disease. “All school closures …
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: New Case In Westchester School; District Lays Out Thanksgiving Travel Plan
Another new COVID-19 case has been confirmed in a staffer at a Westchester school that has seen a small surge in recent infections. Bronxville Schools Superintendent issued a notice to the community on Wednesday, Nov. 25 advising that an employee at the Elementary School has tested positive for the virus, and anyone who may have been exposed has been contacted. There have now been two employees and two students test positive in the Elementary School, and two students in the high school that have been reported in the past week. Montesano said that the district is following the guidance of t…
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19: More Bergen, Passaic County Schools Go Remote
Several schools in Bergen and Passaic counties made the switch to online learning due to a number of positive cases. In Maywood, two different teachers in the Memorial School tested positive, according to a letter sent by district Superintendent Michael Jordan Nov. 24. The school is closed out of an abundance of caution from Nov. 25 through Dec. 7, Jordan said. All Dumont schools went virtual on Nov. 20 and will resume in-person learning on Dec. 7 due to "a number of reported cases [and] the shortage of available staff," the district said. The switch came after one person tested positive …
Fairfield, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: Lamont Sticking To Call For Schools To Stay Open For In-Person Learning -- For Now
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is doubling down on his stance that schools should stay open as long as possible, calling them a safe space, despite the new spike in COVID-19 cases statewide. On the same day that Connecticut saw 2,042 new COVID-19 cases and a spike in positive infection rate near 6 percent, Lamont reiterated his stance that school buildings are among the safest places to be during the pandemic, vowing to continue in-person learning until it is unsafe to do so. The governor said that other COVID-19 restrictions put in place have been in part to help keep students and teachers in…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
News
'Bring Your A***s Back To Work,' Atlantic City School Super Says On Zoom As Teachers Sick-Out
Coronavirus continues to wreck havoc in schools across New Jersey, upsetting parents, students and teachers alike. In Atlantic City, hundreds of school teachers called out sick this week and planned to stay out until working conditions improve, union leaders said. Simmering COVID-19 tensions among teachers and administrators hit a boiling point Tuesday night, when a microphone captured an inflammatory remark by the school district's superintendent. “Bring your asses back to work,” Superintendent Barry Caldwell is heard saying during the public comment portion of a virtual staff meeti…
New City, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Two Nyack Schools Resume In-Person Learning, HS Remains Closed
Two schools in an area district have returned to in-person learning, though the district’s high school remains closed after new positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed. Nyack Schools Superintendent James Montesano issued an update to parents over the weekend, after being forced to close off Valley Cottage Elementary School and the Nyack Middle School through Friday, Nov. 6. Students were permitted to return to the school buildings as of Monday, Nov. 9 after being shut down for a week due to students and staffers possibly being exposed to COVID-19. The Nyack High School will remain closed fo…
Scarsdale, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Some Staffers In Westchester School Asked To Stay Home After Positive Test
Some staff members at a school in Westchester will be staying home for a few days due to the potential of COVID-19 exposure. Bronxville Schools Superintendent Roy Montesano issued a letter to parents late on Thursday, Nov. 5 cautioning that a staff member - who is not associated with a specific classroom - tested positive for the virus. According to Montesano, the staffer was not in the Bronxville School on Thursday, and did not have any close contacts with students or teachers. Montesano said that the district is in the process of contact tracing to determine who may have been exposed to…
Monroe, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: School In Area Closes Due To Positive Case
A school in the area is closed for 10 days for in-person learning after a positive case of COVID-19. J.V. Forrestal Elementary School in Beacon will conduct remote learning through Wednesday, Nov. 11, Beacon City School District Superintendent Matt Landahl said in a letter to the community. In-person learning is scheduled to resume Thursday, Nov. 12. Children only need to quarantine if they receive direct communication from the district, Landahl said. Beacon High School and Rombout Middle School are still on track to reopen for in-person learning Thursday, Nov. 5. Landahl said an upd…
Norwalk, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: Norwalk Public Schools Sticking To In-Person Learning Despite City's Red Zone Status
Despite Norwalk entering the “red zone” due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the city, students in the school district will continue in-person learning, officials announced. Earlier story - COVID-19: Norwalk, Bridgeport Latest Cities In Fairfield County To Roll Back To Phase 2 Schools Superintendent Alexandra Estrella said that after evaluating the data, the hybrid learning model will remain in place for middle and high school students, with full in-person learning an option for elementary school students, English learners, and students with disabilities. Fully remote learning is also …
Newark, NJ
Schools
Air Filter Issues Delay Classroom Learning For Essex County School District
Air filter issues are keeping Essex County students out of the classroom. Vents in each classroom in the Maplewood-South Orange School District should have been updated with filters containing a Merv 16 rating, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Donald Taylor said Tuesday, Oct. 27. The filters were never installed, though. "Our thorough investigation revealed that while much work toward the reopening of our schools was completed (removal of carpet, installation of hand sanitizer stations, mitigation of signage, plexiglass installation, etc.) an important component was not completed, despit…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Covid-
19: Morris County District Delays Classroom Learning Until 2021
Some students in one Morris County district will have to wait until 2021 before they can return to in-person learning. Students in grades six through eight at the John Hill School and Boonton High School students can return Feb. 1, while K through 5th grade students can start on Jan. 19, Boonton Public Schools Superintendent Robert Presuto said. In-person learning will resume on a hybrid schedule, he said. Presuto in an email sent Wednesday night said a "sizable portion" of teachers refused to return over COVID-19 fears. There were also not enough substitute teachers to make…
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