GLEN ROCK A total of 24 Glen Rock High School students have now reported testing positive for COVID-19 since classes resumed after spring break Monday.
Superintendent Brett Charleston has alerted parents in a series of emails about the cases, which resulted in Tuesday s announcement that classes would go totally remote Wednesday through Friday.
Classes are supposed to resume under a three-cohort hybrid schedule April 12. Before break, classes were run on a two-cohort schedule.
However, Charleston said a decision to extend the high school closure into next week would be determined no later than 3 p.m. Sunday.
The decision does not affect the district s four grade schools or its middle school.
The Glen Rock schools had been on spring break between March 29 and April 2.
Charleston said the district s contact tracers found that it was highly likely that each of the students were exposed to COVID-19 outside of the school. We must all do our part to ensure the health and safety of our students, staff and community, Charleston said. Our actions today can have a positive impact on school, activities, spring sports, events and milestone evens, such as prom and graduation, for the remainder of the school year.
There is no change in schedule for the district s remaining schools and the letter cautioned parents and students that this is not an invitation for students to spend time with each other as we have determined with confidence that COVID-19 is spreading outside of our schools in non-school related social settings.
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A Bergen County high school has switched to online learning after 24 students tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
Fourteen students had tested positive since returning from spring break, and another 10 tested positive Tuesday, Glen Rock Superintendent Brett Charleston said in a letter.
The students were likely exposed to the virus outside of school, while on spring break which began March 29, according to district officials.
“The district will revisit the need to extend the quarantine over the weekend and communicate out to all stakeholders only if a decision is made to continue the quarantine for the high school,” said Charleston.
N.J. high school switches to all-remote after 24 students test positive for COVID
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A school district in Bergen County will switch to all-remote instruction for the high school at least through the end of the week after 24 students tested positive for COVID-19.
In a letter to parents, Superintendent Brett Charleston said 14 students had tested positive since their return from spring break with an another 10 students testing positive on Tuesday.
“With these additional positive cases, Glen Rock High School will transition to remote instruction from April 7 to April 9,” Charleston said in the letter.
“The district will revisit the need to extend the quarantine over the weekend and communicate out to all stakeholders only if a decision is made to continue the quarantine for the high school,” the superintendent said, adding that he expected a decision to be announced by 3 p.m. on Sunday.