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1of14Buy PhotoLindsay Kolysko, nurse educator in emergency room, right, scans information after administering one of the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Cynthia Tanksley, patient associate specialist in emergency room, at Albany Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The hospital staff started vaccinating their health care workers on the first day the vaccine was administered in the United States. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of14Buy PhotoAnthony DiSpirito, director of pharmacy, fills a needle with one of the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to health care workers at Albany Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The hospital staff started vaccinating their health care workers on the first day the vaccine was admini
Amsterdam schools go virtual until after holiday break | The Daily Gazette
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Greater Amsterdam School District students won’t return to school for in-person learning until Jan. 4 at the earliest after district officials on Sunday announced they were shifting students to online learning until after the holiday break.
Officials cited rising COVID-19 cases in Amsterdam and across Montgomery County and said the decision was made jointly with the Montgomery County health department.
Amsterdam Superintendent Richard Ruberti in an interview Sunday said more than 50 district staff members were in quarantine as of this weekend, complicating the district’s ability to operate schools for in-person instruction.
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The Greater Amsterdam School District suspends in-person instruction district wide until after the holiday break on January 4th.
The decision was made following a Sunday meeting with the Montgomery County Department of Health and the District s Administrative Cabinet. This action is being taken due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Amsterdam community and the escalating number of teachers and staff being placed on mandatory quarantine as a precaution to possible exposure. Teachers will also have the option of teaching remotely during this time and office staff will be reduced.
Duanesburg Jr./Sr. High School goes all virtual through holiday break | The Daily Gazette
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Duanesburg Jr./Sr. High School students will learn virtually until after the holiday break, district officials announced Monday, citing a positive COVID-19 case among staff and broader staffing shortage caused by the resulting staff quarantines.
The school shifted to an all-virtual learning model Monday until the holiday break beginning Dec. 24 and planned to return to in-person instruction on Jan. 4.
Duanesburg joins a handful of other districts around the Capital Region that have announced building closures that will leave students learning remotely until after the holiday break – or longer. The Greater Amsterdam School District on Sunday announced it was shifting all of its students to fully-virtual learning until after the break, citing over 50 staff members in quarantine across the district. A week earlier, Northville schools said it was shifting its singular school