School districts eye ramping up in-person school days for students | The Daily Gazette
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February 13, 2021
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School districts across the Capital Region are starting to ramp up the amount of in-person learning students get from their teachers, with some districts nearing full-time, in-person instruction for students who want it.
District leaders across the region are not only citing declining infection rates and increasing vaccination rates, but are also looking forward to increased space flexibility that will come with warmer weather as they start to outline plans to expand in-person instruction, something they say they have been looking to do since schools opened – at least partially – in the fall.
Duanesburg Jr./Sr. High School goes all virtual through holiday break | The Daily Gazette
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Duanesburg Jr./Sr. High School students will learn virtually until after the holiday break, district officials announced Monday, citing a positive COVID-19 case among staff and broader staffing shortage caused by the resulting staff quarantines.
The school shifted to an all-virtual learning model Monday until the holiday break beginning Dec. 24 and planned to return to in-person instruction on Jan. 4.
Duanesburg joins a handful of other districts around the Capital Region that have announced building closures that will leave students learning remotely until after the holiday break – or longer. The Greater Amsterdam School District on Sunday announced it was shifting all of its students to fully-virtual learning until after the break, citing over 50 staff members in quarantine across the district. A week earlier, Northville schools said it was shifting its singular school