A growing list of New Jersey schools will keep classrooms closed next week due to a surge in COVID cases to end December.
“We anticipate resuming in-person instruction on Jan. 18,” district officials said in a message to parents.and moving to online classes as COVID cases were spiking.
Some schools have announced they are moving to half day and early dismissal schedules. And some of the state’s nearly 600 public school districts have warned parents they are still weighing their options and could make an announcement this weekend. Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday he has no plans to close schools statewide and switch to remote learning, as he did in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. He said the decision should be left to local school and health officials.
Murphy has repeatedly said remote instruction hurts student learning and the state should do everything it can to keep classrooms open.
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