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Watertown city school district goes ‘remote only’ for rest of January Watertown High School (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | January 8, 2021 at 5:11 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 10:47 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Citing a “significant increase” in COVID-19 cases, the Watertown City School District will go to remote-only instruction for the rest of January. Seven new cases were reported by school district officials Friday. In a statement late Friday afternoon, school superintendent Patricia LaBarr writes “the District has made the very difficult decision to tran...

WATERTOWN — A sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases within the Watertown City School District has prompted the district to shift to a fully remote learning model for the next three weeks. In a letter to the school community Friday afternoon, Superintendent Patricia B. LaBarr confirmed the district had to make the “difficult” decision to shift to its remote learning plan, which will begin Monday and go through Jan. 29. “The decision to close school was not made lightly,” she said. “Watertown has decided that closing school for all students was a necessary...