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Capital Region schools move to remote learning
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Many Capital Region schools are going remote this week due to the impact of coronavirus on students, teachers and staff.Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
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Some area schools have made the decision to switch to remote learning this week due to the spread of coronavirus and its impact on staff and students. Below is a roundup of the latest news.
North Colonie grades K-12 fully remote due to staff shortage
North Colonie grades K-12 fully remote due to staff shortage
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School buses are driven out onto Watervliet Shaker Rd. after leaving Shaker High School on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Colonie, N.Y.(Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
Just one week after returning to the classroom following winter break, North Colonie Central Schools has shifted all grades to remote learning due a staff shortage.
The district announced that Shaker High School was on pause last week. Notices followed this week about the middle school and elementary schools shifting to remote learning. All in-person learning is expected to resume Jan. 19.
New York s teachers are eligible for vaccines - if they can get an appointment
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Teachers and others trying to use a state portal to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine reported confusion over the system after it launched Monday. In this photograph, people get vaccinated at a pilot drive-in vaccination pod administered by the Albany County sheriff s department on Sunday. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers should decrease the number of interruptions to in-school learning, but first, they must get through the state s buggy enrollment process.
Teachers, school administrators, bus drivers, school food service workers, day care staff, and in-person college instructors all became eligible for the shots on Monday as part of phase 1b in New York s vaccine distribution schedule.