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Central York School District Superintendent Michael Snell will retire this November after serving more than 12 years in the position.
The district announced Snell s retirement in a recent news release. Once the school board formally accepts his resignation which was expected to happen Monday the board will open the search for his replacement.
Snell took on the superintendent s role for Central York in January 2009. Prior to that, he served as the district s assistant superintendent and had been West York Area School District s assistant superintendent from 2003 to 2007.
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West York Area and Northern York County school districts each closed one school for the rest of the week because of a rise in COVID-19 cases linked to their buildings.
Lincolnway Elementary in West York Area and Northern Elementary in Northern York County each closed Thursday and will reopen to students Monday. Each school recorded three COVID-19 cases within 14 days. It is not the first recent closure for either school.
Lincolnway Elementary last closed March 19 after recording four COVID-19 cases, while Northern Elementary s last closure was March 29 after recording two cases. West York Area School District also closed its high school on Tuesday because of COVID-19 cases and just reopened the school to students Thursday.
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Northeastern School District closes two schools Wednesday due to COVID-19
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Northeastern School District closed two of its schools for the rest of the week after each building recorded four COVID-19 cases within 14 days.
Spring Forge Intermediate and Mount Wolf Elementary will be closed Wednesday through Friday, with students completing online assignments until they return to the classroom Monday.
According to the district s online COVID-19 dashboard, Northeastern s nine buildings have recorded a total of 21 cases in the last 14 days. Eight of those cases are linked to Orendorf Elementary, which closed last week and reopened Monday.
Two schools with the York City and West Shore school districts closed Tuesday for the rest of the week, adding to a growing trend of school closures across York County due to COVID-19. Just last week, 13 local schools temporarily closed, not including a handful of schools that limited their COVID-19 closures to the weekend.
York City, West Shore school districts close schools for the week due to COVID-19
York Dispatch
York City and West Shore school districts each closed one school for the rest of this week after recording a rise in COVID-19 cases linked to their buildings.
Hannah Penn K-8 in the York City School District closed Tuesday after recording eight COVID-19 cases between April 5 and Monday, according to the district s online dashboard. Red Mill Elementary in the West Shore School District also closed Tuesday, after recording seven cases in the last 14 days, according to its online dashboard. Both schools are scheduled to reopen Monday.