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N.J.’s largest school district is returning to classrooms after one year. Here’s how it’ll work.
Updated 12:25 PM;
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Ruben Rivera, a math teacher at Barringer High School, waits in line to receive the vaccine at Barringer High School on Tuesday, March 16, 2021John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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When Catia Nascimento goes back to teach in her East Side High School classroom in Newark on Monday the first time in over a year she’ll be wearing two masks and a face shield.
“My biggest concern is the well-being of our community,” said Nascimento, who along with her three kids contracted COVID in October. “And although I know we’re taking as much precaution as we can, I’m a little bit scared with the number of cases I’m seeing.”
This Newark school building was shuttered in 2012. Now, it’s becoming a homeless shelter.
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Mayor Ras Baraka announces the conversion of a former school into a shelter on Miller Street in Newark on Thursday, February 25, 2021John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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Miller Street Elementary School closed in 2012, but now officials expect the building to become transitional housing for men, women and families by September. The shelter will feature a commercial kitchen and drop-in center for people to use individual bathrooms, showers, laundry, phones and televisions.
“The drop-in center will serve as an opportunity for case managers to engage our shelter-averse population, build relationships and take the steps to build the trust that is necessary to engage them into services,” said Newark Homelessness Czar Sakinah Hoyte.