A growing number of COVID-19 cases is impacting New Jersey schools.
, in perhaps the most significant temporary shift away from classroom learning since all schools closed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic 22 months ago.COVID-19 cases fueled almost entirely by the omicron variantMany school districts switching to remote learning are doing so due to staffing shortages, said Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.
A decision will be made Friday on whether to reopen classrooms on Monday, which he wrote is currently the plan. Chathams Superintendent Michael LaSusa told parents on Monday that more than 60 staff members had reported positive COVID tests since the start of the holiday recess, on Dec. 23.that there is no “magic number” in determining when schools might switch to virtual learning, explaining that 450 student and staff positive COVID cases — about 10% of the district’s population — had been reported just since Thanksgiving.
“The remaining 138 full-day substitute jobs were covered by our teachers and administrators, many of whom are already teaching additional classes beyond their regular schedules,” Wayne Superintendent Mark Toback wrote in aToback said Wayne is expanding the number of students eligible for virtual instruction, by allowing any experiencing COVID symptoms to switch even in the absence of a positive test and expanding the number of subjects being taught virtually to elementary students, among other...
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