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Brookfield, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: School District In Fairfield County Goes Remote So Teachers, Staff Can Get Vaccines
A Fairfield County school district is temporarily going remote to allow for teachers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine specifically earmarked for educators in Connecticut. On Friday, March 5, a mass vaccination clinic is being held in Trumbull, where 800 doses of the newly approved and authorized Johnson & Johnson vaccine are set to be distributed, specifically for teachers and school staffers. Related story - COVID-19: Here's How Many One-Dose Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Are Coming To Connecticut Initially, the health department said that they would be receiving approximately 20…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Covid-
19: Nine More Students Test Positive At Long Island High School
Nine more students at a Long Island high school have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing it to continue using its all-virtual learning plan following a small breakout. Last week, 15 students at Wantagh High School - including 13 members of the senior class - tested positive for COVID-19 and were placed into quarantine as the school went remote. The initial outbreak was traced back to a social, non-school-related event. Original story - COVID-19: 15 Students Tests Positive At Long Island High School This week, the district reported that nine more students have tested positive, forcing th…
Pittsfield, MA
News
Covid-
19: 1 In 6 US Counties Not Ready For In-School Education - Lookup Your County On Map
Is your county ready to return to full in-school education for elementary school students? According to new research by The New York Times, only 1 out of 6 counties in the U.S. have tamped down on the spread of COVID-19 enough to justify full-in person education. These counties tend to be sparsely populated in the Plains, West, and MidWest regions. This is concerning as President Biden and state governors have pushed for children to return to school within the next four months or so. The NYT has produced a new national map that shows, county-by-county, where cases of COVID-19 are low eno…
Brentwood, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: 15 Students Tests Positive At Long Island High School
More than a dozen students at a Long Island high school have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the district to transition some back to its all-virtual learning plan. Wantagh Schools Superintendent John McNamara announced that a total of 15 high school students - including 13 members of the senior class - have tested positive for the virus and have been placed into quarantine. McNamara says that the cases have been traced back to a social event held over the weekend that students attended en masse, though they are reportedly not all connected. Due to the small outbreak, seniors will …
Worcester, MA
Schools
Covid-
19: All Elementary School Students May Be Back In The Classroom By April
All public Massachusetts elementary school students may be back in class this April. On Tuesday, Feb. 23, the Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey Riley made the announcement during a morning meeting. In a week or two, Riley said he will seek to obtain the authority to remove remote and hybrid learning as options for Massachusetts public school districts, WesternMass News reported. Riley cited ongoing vaccinations and declining COVID-19 infections as reasons for having all students resume in-school education. Right now, Massachusetts school districts ar…
Mahopac, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Putnam Officials Ask State For Better Guidance On Schools
Officials in Putnam County are seeking guidance from the state as they look to reopen more schools for in-person learning while avoiding community spread of COVID-19. Nearly a year into the pandemic, with various parts of the economy re-opening in different stages, parents, education, local and health officials are questioning: “what is next for schools?” “Parents and caregivers are understandably concerned,” Putnam County Department of Health Educator Susan Hoffner said. “Families have varied needs and levels of comfort with the delivery of education, as well as the safety precautions in …
Jersey City, NJ
Schools
New Jersey Schools Go Remote, Close Ahead Of Thursday's Winter Storm
New Jersey schools are moving to remote learning or closing entirely ahead of Thursday's winter storm. Between 6 and 9 inches of snow and sleet is expected between Thursday and Friday across much of the state. Here's a list of districts that have announced closures or a switch to remote learning for Thursday. Did we miss one? Email
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. Asbury Park: remote Barnegat: remote Bergenfield: remote Bernards Twp: remote Bloomfield: closed Denville: remote Dover: closed East Windsor Regional: remote Egg Harbor Township: remote Freehold: remote Hazlet: remote Holmdel:…
Brentwood, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Around 40 Students Test Positive At Long Island High School After 'Super-Spreader'
A Long Island high school is going remote after dozens of students tested positive for COVID-19 after attending recent “super-spreader” events, officials said. At least 38 students from the Manhasset High School have tested positive after attending parties in the past 10 days, district officials wrote in a message to the community this week. As a result of the new outbreak of COVID-19 cases, the school is going all-virtual beginning on Monday, Feb. 22, through Friday, Feb. 26, and is suspending all extracurricular activities - including sports - during the week. Many of the students have a…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Feds: NJ Teacher, Soccer Coach Caught Making Child Porn After Sending Hard Drive For Repairs
A Union County fifth-grade teacher from Morristown who also coaches youth soccer was arrested by the FBI after sending a hard drive containing child porn that he’d created to a California company to recover his files, authorities said. Steven Brooks, 34, who recently taught at Washington Elementary School in Summit and has helped run the Livingston Soccer Club the past 10 years, used a fake online profile to get underage boys to send him videos and photos, authorities said Tuesday. Brooks had emailed an employee at a California company that he had “sensitive and private” information on a ha…
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Staff Death At Massachusetts Elementary School Is Under Investigation
Police are investigating a death discovered at a small Central Massachusetts elementary school. On Thursday, Feb. 11, a member of the Templeton Elementary School’s psychology team was found dead at the school, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. News of the death was first circulated by Narragansett Regional School District Superintendent Chris Casavant in a letter home to the school community. No students were present or otherwise involved in the situation, the superintendent said. Friday, Feb. 12, was a remote learning day for all students. NRSD has five mental health sp…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
How Did Bergen School Principal, Assistant Principal ‘Vanish'? Those Who Know Won't Say
It’s been nearly a month since their local middle school principal and his second in command suddenly "vanished" from the district, and concerned parents in Wyckoff, as well as their children, still have no idea why. Had they gotten into some kind of trouble? Were they fired? Did they quit? “We found out that we had no principal and vice-principal through the hair salon and through town gossip,” prominent civil attorney Michael Epstein said during a Wyckoff Board of Education Zoom meeting Monday night. Parents in the northwest Bergen County town who are concerned for their children’s safet…
Elizabeth, NJ
Schools
NYC Educator's Company Paves Way For Future Of Learning
One student is learning computer coding, another is taking Yoga. One is studying Spanish and another is mastering how to read a clock. From learning the ABCs to studying for the LSAT, all are doing so online with tutors stationed around the world through Virtuo Tutors. The company was launched last year by Lauren Rosenblum, a learning specialist at a New York City private school, who saw a need for improvement in the education sector at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I love working with kids, especially through one-on-one intervention, which allows you to get to know them, be their…
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