New COVID-19 cases forces temporarily closure of Middletown Area Middle School
Updated Apr 25, 2021;
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Four cases of COVID-19 at Middletown Area Middle School are causing the district to temporarily close the school for a portion of this week, according to a letter sent to parents on Sunday.
The letter states that the cases involve students and that contact tracing is ongoing. People who were identified as close contacts to two of the positive cases confirmed Friday have already been notified by administrators. These people are being asked to quarantine.
Contact tracing for those connected to the two additional cases will occur tomorrow, Superintendent Dr. Lori Suski wrote in the letter.
Which Pa. schools had the largest number of arrests in 2019-20?
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s annual Safe Schools report for the 2019-20 school year showed a noticeable drop in reported arrests.
Districts are required to submit their misconduct reports, both criminal and academic infractions, to the state every year. Reporting sometimes changes from year-to-year, but no changes were made last school year.
Last year, the top three criminal reasons why students were in trouble statewide were:
Possession, use, or sale of tobacco or vaping 8.34 percent
Fighting 8.14 percent
Minor altercation 5.42 percent
Here’s a list of the schools that had the largest number of arrests, and the crime that was most common at each school.
Pa.’s teachers, schools struggle amid ongoing COVID-19 crisis
Updated on Jan 27, 2021;
Published on Jan 27, 2021
Reopening meant major changes to scheduling, sanitation and even the physical layout of Middletown schools.
“WAS IT COVID?”
One veteran teacher of the Middletown Area School District explains her thought process: “I just spoke to so-and-so in the hall. Do I have it now?”
Fear spreads virulently as students and staff vanish without explanation from Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools this bleak midwinter.
One year into the pandemic, teachers and support staff say they feel set adrift without a lifeline.
They have little recourse when schools fail to follow safety guidelines because school boards and administrators, themselves struggling under budget deficits and staff shortages, have no incentive to admit fault.