The district suspended in-person learning Wednesday and Thursday for the White group due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The district currently has a hybrid learning that mixes online and in-person learning for two groups of students, and each group alternates weeks with four days of in-person learning. Friday is a building sanitization day with online learning for both groups.
All students were on spring break Monday or Tuesday, so those days were not impacted by the decision announced Monday to suspend in-person learning. A total of 10 students and employees had tested positive for COVID-19, and 83 were in quarantine waiting for test results, Superintendent Nathan Barrett said Monday.
Hanover Area School District suspends in-person classes due to COVID outbreak
The district has been using a hybrid model, mixing in-person learning and online classes. Some students will return for in-person classes on Monday. Author: Carolyn Blackburne Updated: 9:46 PM EDT April 7, 2021
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. Hanover Area School District suspended in-person classes for the rest of the week.
The district has been using a hybrid model, mixing in-person learning and online classes.
The superintendent said classes would be remote for the remainder of the week after 10 people tested positive and more than 80 had to quarantine. It s been difficult. My girls definitely learn better in person when they went back for a week they definitely did a lot better with the in-person learning, parent Michele Ponko said.
A vaccine clinic being operated by the Hanover Area School District has a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines available today.
The clinic is co-hosting the clinic with Walmart at its high school, and had been splitting up the vaccine allocation with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Superintendent Nathan Barrett said.
However, the department did not notify patients about the appointment availability, resulting in about 180 unassigned vaccines being on the premises, he said.
Anyone interested in receiving a vaccine is asked to report to the high school gym to be assessed for eligibility, he said.
Those who receive a vaccine today will get an appointment to receive the second dose at a later date.
Hanover Area School District is suspending in-person learning Wednesday through Friday due to a COVID-19 outbreak, Superintendent Nathan Barrett announced in a message Monday.
Spring break began last Wednesday and ends Tuesday. All district students will have remote instruction on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The district currently has a hybrid learning that mixes online and in-person learning for two groups of students, and each group alternates weeks of in-person learning. We will continue to monitor the situation and should the need arise to remain on the virtual platform past April 9, 2021, you will be notified by the end of this week, Barrett said in his message. Through contact tracing we are in the process of identifying and notifying students who have been in close contact with a positive case.