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Bethlehem, PA
Schools
Spike In Core Subject Failing Rates For Easton Area Students, District Officials Say
A higher rate of Easton Area middle and high school students are failing core subjects than in previous school years, district officials said. Seventeen percent of students at Easton Area Middle School were failing at least two subjects in the first quarter alone, according to a Tuesday Board of Education announcement from Director of Secondary Education Michael Koch. Just 6 percent of students were failing at the same time last year, Koch said. Meanwhile, the high school’s first quarter failure rate has tripled to 12 percent, up from 4 percent last year, Koch said. Both schools have been…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
News
Sussex County School District Goes Virtual For Month Due To More Than 50 COVID Cases
A Sussex County school district is switching to remote learning for the next month due to more than 50 suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases. The cases within the Hopatcong school's K-12 schools involved 41 students and 15 teachers as of last Friday, NJ.com reports citing Superintendent Art DiBendetto. "I cannot in good faith continue to operate the district as we are. Beginning tomorrow, March 26th, all students will be on virtual instruction," he said in a letter to families. "We were scheduled to return from Spring Break on April 12th, but instruction again will be virtual for two weeks…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
News
'Pick My Cotton': Police Investigate TikTok Comments That Terrorized Elmwood Park Girl, 12
After all these months of remote learning, an Elmwood Park mom couldn’t figure out why her 7th-grade daughter resisted returning to a classroom. “She begged me not to send her back,” the young mom said. “I couldn’t understand why. She is well-liked and intelligent. It didn’t make sense.” Then her daughter showed her screen shots of racist comments left under a TikTok video of her dancing with friends by three male students at Elmwood Park Memorial Middle School. A sampling: “KKK for life” “pick my cotton I need some more” “when I find you you will pay for escaping the farm” “HISPANIC L…
Torrington, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: UConn Unveils Plan For Fall 2021
The University of Connecticut has laid out its preliminary plan for the fall semester as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic that largely wiped out a year of in-person learning for students and staff. In the fall, things will look more familiar on campus, as UConn looks to bring back the majority of students for on-campus learning, though there will be some minor alterations regarding student life and academics. According to UConn President Thomas Katsouleas, in the fall 2021 semester, undergraduate courses are expected to be upwards of 93 percent in-person learning. On-campus h…
Middletown, NJ
Schools
2 Jersey Shore High Schools Remote After
Covid-
19 Outbreaks Linked To Student Parties
A pair of Jersey Shore high school switched to remote learning following student parties later deemed the source of COVID-19 outbreaks, district officials said. Remote instruction began at Monmouth Regional and Holmdel high schools March 19. Holmdel had approximately 100 teachers and students in quarantine, while it was unclear how many individuals were affected at Monmouth Regional. “We all want the pandemic to end, so we can return to our normal routines," Holmdel Superintendent Lee Seitz said in a letter to families. "But the here and now still requires a degree of vigilance if we…
North Hunterdon, NJ
News
Covid-
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 …
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
School District In Hudson Valley Shifts To Remote Learning After Threatening Call
A Hudson Valley school district is learning remotely after a threatening phone call was made to one of its schools. Goshen Schools Superintendent Daniel Connor said that a threatening call was made to Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School at approximately noon on Wednesday, March 17. The police were notified and are actively investigating the incident. Connor said that there is no immediate threat, though students and staff across the district were sent home on Wednesday and switched to its distance learning model on Thursday, March 18 as a precaution. The nature of the threat has not been…
Elizabeth, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19 Outbreak Closes Linden Schools
Linden Public Schools switched to remote learning on March 12 due to an increased infection rate, school officials said. The district's infection rate had returned to the "red zone," shutting the schools until at least March 19, Superintendent Dr. Marnie Hazleton said. The temporary decision was made in conjunction with the local health department.
Worcester, MA
News
Huh? Remote Education Programs Ending, But Will Still Be An Option For Students
Even though Massachusetts plans this April to end remote and hybrid learning programs created during the pandemic, learning this way will still be an option for students. Families will have the choice to keep their children in hybrid or remote-learning programs or enter their currently in-classroom learners in a remote program. However, the programs are likely to be different than what is being offered now. On Tuesday, March 9, Massachusetts Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley said that hybrid and remote-learning models will no longer count toward meeting the required student learning …
Worcester, MA
News
Covid-
19: Deadline Set For MA Students' Return To In-Class Learning
Soon remote learning won’t be an option: Massachusetts has set deadlines for when students have to return to in-person education. On Tuesday, March 9, the Commissioner of Education Jeffrey C. Riley said that, for elementary school children (grades K-5), hybrid and remote learning models will no longer count toward meeting the required student learning time hours as of April 5. All Massachusetts public elementary schools must switch to full-time, in-person education, five days per week starting on Monday, April 5. Riley set deadlines for other grades to return to in-person, full-time educa…
Massapequa, NY
News
Covid-
19: Outbreak Linked To Off-Campus Events Causes Closure Of Long Island High School
An outbreak of COVID-19 cases linked to off-campus events has caused the closure of a high school on Long Island. In a letter to the school community, Miller Place Union Free School District Superintendent Dr. Marianne F. Cartisano said three positive COVID cases were contact traced on Monday, March 8, resulting in 18 additional students being quarantined as close contacts. On Tuesday, March 9, another four students tested positive, with at least another three symptomatic students who are pending test results. "We expect these new seven cases will identify ap…
Greenwich, CT
News
Lamont Names Acting Education Commissioner
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has named a replacement for former Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona, who was approved by the Senate to join President Joe Biden’s Cabinet this week. Lamont announced this week that he has accepted the recommendation of the Connecticut State Board of Education to appoint Charlene Russell-Tucker to serve as acting commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Education. Cardona officially resigned on Tuesday, March 2 following his appointment by the U.S. Senate to be the country’s Education Secretary, and Russell-Tucker was appointed the following day. …
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