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amollenauer@altoonamirror.com Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School students will return to classrooms today after two days of virtual learning because of a shortage of teachers. Fourteen employees were quarantined because they had come into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Robert Gildea announced the staff exposure in a letter to parents Saturday, stating that “COVID continues to be among us.” In the letter, Gildea expressed his frustration with the high school’s ongoing difficulties as a result of COVID-19. “It has become impossible to provide...

amollenauer@altoonamirror.com HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Area School Board voted 5-4 Wednesday night to return to full time face-to-face instruction on Tuesday after a three-hour session. The decision affects all students in the district. Voting in favor of students returning were Melissa Mitchell, Rick Gallagher, Kenneth Snyder, Emanuel Nichols and Nicole Hartman. Against the measure were board President Ronald Sommer, Vice President Scott Brenneman, Lonna Frye and Doug Stephens. Junior and senior high school students have been learning virtually since Nov. 16; students in Kindergar...