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Outbreaks of coronavirus among staff and students are causing more and more New Jersey school districts to suspend in-person learning.
In most cases, the switch to all-remote classes is temporary -- typically for a few to as many as 14 days. And many districts have only had to send home students from one school, where the cases of COVID-19 were found, while students at other schools in that district continued in-person learning.
The state does not maintain a public list of the schools or districts that have had to close down, but on Sept. 30 it launched a dashboard that identifies counties, number of schools and cases that were transmitted in school buildings or through school activities. Currently, 56 schools have had a total of 239 cases.
The state Department of Health issued guidelines for schools on how to handle positive cases, when to ask students to quarantine and when schools need to switch to remote learning.
Among the recommendations is to shut down the school if two or more people in multiple classrooms get sick within 14 days and a clear connection between the cases cannot be easily identified.
“Closure is a local decision that should be made by school administrators in consultation with local public health,” the state guidelines say.
Here are the districts that are currently doing remote-only learning because of COVID-19 cases.:
Bergen County: All four Bergen County Technical High School campuses will do remote learning only until at least Jan. 15.
Elmwood Park: All schools in the district are remote from Nov. 19 until Jan 11.
Mahwah: Ramapo Ridge Middle School will be fully remote Nov. 23 and 24 because a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
North Arlington: The district moved up its plan to go fully remote from Nov. 30 to Nov. 23 because an individual at North Arlington High School tested positive for the virus. The district will remain remote through Jan. 18.
Delran: Delran Intermediate School announced Nov. 7 that it will be fully remote until Nov. 30.
Evesham Township: Classes at Rice Elementary School will be virtual from Nov. 13 until Nov. 30 because three people tested positive for COVID-19 within 2 weeks, according to a letter from Superintendent Justin Smith.
Pemberton Township: The district announced Nov. 20 that it will be fully remote from Nov. 23 through Jan. 19.
Cherry Hill: About three dozen students tested positive for COVID-19 days before the district, which began the school year fully remote, planned to start a hybrid schedule. The district will remain fully remote until Nov. 30.
Gloucester Township: The district will be fully remote Nov. 23 through Jan. 8.
Millville: The district will be fully remote from Nov. 30 until Jan. 19.
Vineland: The district announced it will be fully remote from Nov. 30 through Jan. 18 to avoid a spike in cases of coronavirus during the holiday season.
Montclair: Montclair’s plan to transition from virtual to hybrid instruction at its 11 public schools on Nov. 16 has been put on hold and will be reevaluated Dec. 1 because of community-spread COVID-19, Superintendent Jonathan Ponds announced Nov. 11.
Hoboken: The district will switch to remote learning from Nov. 23 until Monday, Dec. 7.
Hamilton Township: The district will be fully remote from Nov. 30 until Jan. 19
East Brunswick: The town’s public schools are remote until Jan. 11, 2021 after cases of the coronavirus were reported in the district.
North Brunswick: The district shifted to all virtual learning Nov. 23. No date has been announced to resume hybrid learning.
Old Bridge: The entire district will be remote from Nov. 23 until Jan. 19, according to a letter from Superintendent David Cittadino.
Piscataway: The district delayed the start of its in-person hybrid learning to Jan. 11 because COVID cases in the state are rising quickly.
South Brunswick: The entire district will be remote beginning Nov. 23 until at least Dec. 14, school officials said in a Nov. 21 letter to the community.
Woodbridge: All schools will be doing virtual instruction from Nov. 23 until Jan. 19, the district announced Nov. 17.
Keyport: The district’s two schools will do all remote learning until Nov. 30 because several staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
Marlboro: All township schools will be remote from Nov. 24 until Dec. 14.
Red Bank: All schools will be fully remote until through Dec. 4, according to a Nov. 18 community letter.
Riverdale: Riverdale Public School will be all remote from Nov. 12 until Nov. 30 because two individuals tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter from Interim Superintendent Anthony Riscica.
Rockaway: Morris Knolls High School moved to virtual learning on Nov. 4 because of three positive COVID-19 cases. It was expected to reopen on Tuesday, Nov. 17 but on Monday, Nov. 16 the district learned of eight more cases. The high school, which serves students in Denville and Rockaway, will now remain closed until Nov. 30, according to a letter to the school community from Superintendent James J. Jencarelli and Principal Ryan MacNaughton.
Paterson: Community Charter School of Paterson’s middle and elementary schools will be fully remote until Nov. 30, according to a letter from its Chief Executive Office Curtis Palmore.
Bound Brook: All district schools stopped in-person learning until Nov. 30, according to a letter from Superintendent Daniel Gallagher.
Hillsborough Township: The district will be fully remote until at least Dec. 4.
Montgomery Township: All schools in the district will be virtual until Jan. 19.
North Plainfield: All schools will be remote until Dec. 14.
Newton: All schools will be remote Nov. 23 through Jan. 18.
Vernon Township: The district announced Nov. 20 that it will be fully remote from Nov. 30 through Jan. 18.
Westfield: Westfield High School on Oct. 22 moved to remote instruction when five students became infected. By Nov. 8 it had 23 students -- and counting -- infected and Superintendent Margaret Dolan said that Westfield High School will remain remote until Nov. 30.
Philipsburg: All Phillipsburg schools will do remote learning until Jan. 8.
The New Jersey Department of Health issued several matrices to help schools decide if and when they should ask students to quarantine or shut down school buildings if someone tests positive for COVID-19.
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