N.J.’s largest school district to stay all-remote until April due to COVID outbreak
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
, a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators.
Newark Public Schools announced Wednesday that students would continue with remote class until April 12 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Students were scheduled to begin returning to in-person classes on Jan. 25. But the plan was opposed by Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon, Chalkbeat first reported.
“We don’t want to play ping pong with the economy of our parents,” Abeigon told NJ Advance Media on Thursday, adding that it wouldn’t make sense to reopen schools just to close them again in a week. “Right now everyone is a groove. The parents are in a groove. The teachers and students are in a groove.”
All kids should get COVID-19 tests before returning to school this month, N.J. teachers union says
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
Nicholas Costa, center, a first grade student at St. Benedict s Preparatory School in Newark got a COVID-19 throat swab test as his mother, Analisa Branco, watched on Dec. 16. The private school is among those with in-school coronavirus testing for students, staff and their families.Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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, a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators.
Before they sit down at their classroom desks again this month, every student should have proof they have tested negative for COVID-19, the head of the teachers union in New Jersey’s largest school district says.