To the editor: Your story Friday, Feb. 19, regarding the retirement of Dr. Roger Catania as Lake Placid Central School superintendent of schools needed bet
Feb 4, 2021 What you do outside of school has a direct impact on whether schools can remain open to in-person learning. Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES serves 23 schools across 10 school districts, and it operates two schools itself. Out of all of the students, staff and teachers in all of those schools and school districts, we are only aware of a handful of COVID-19 cases being spread within our schools. We have strong plans in place to prevent spread of the virus once it’s brought into our schools physical distancing, strict mask adherence, cleaning standards and more. Each of our school districts has a reopening plan that can be viewed on our websites that sets forth this guidance. These rules have been successful in stopping any pandemic spread inside our buildings.
LAKE PLACID Lake Placid Middle-High School is shifting its students to remote learning again after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. In a call
Lake Placid Middle High School (News photo Andy Flynn) LAKE PLACID Lake Placid Middle-High School is shifting its students to remote learning again after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. In a call to parents on Wednesday, district Superintendent Roger Catania said middle and high school students would attend class remotely on Thursday and Friday while the Essex County Health Department conducts contact tracing. This isn’t the first time a case of COVID-19 has been discovered at Lake Placid Central School District. Since September, the district has seen at least seven cases of COVID-19, according to the state’s COVID-19 Report Card database. Of those, one was a staff member, four were off-site students, and two were on-site students.
Traffic on Main Street, Lake Placid, on July 28 (News photo Andy Flynn)
LAKE PLACID Tourists traveling to Lake Placid have contributed to the number of COVID-19 cases here, Essex County’s public health director confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 8. Meanwhile, the Lake Placid Central School District switched back to remote learning temporarily due to COVID cases, and the coronavirus has infected at least one worker at the village of Lake Placid. The town of North Elba which includes the village of Lake Placid, the hamlet of Ray Brook and part of the village of Saranac Lake has been a tourism hub for generations. Its proximity to the High Peaks Wilderness, its world-renowned sports reputation, the scenery and its Olympic legacy continue to draw visitors, even amid a global pandemic. The local economy relies on tourism. The town’s hotels are major employers, as are the restaurants and bars in Lake Placid that many tourists enjoy while in town.