N.J. district suspends plan to return to 5 full days of school due to rising COVID cases
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
A Sussex County district that planned to switch to five full days of in-person instruction for middle and high school students at the end of the month has postponed that change due to rising COVID-19 cases in the community.
The delay for the Sparta district comes after several students and staff tested positive for COVID-19, causing a “severely depleted custodial staff as a result of required quarantines,” according to a community letter on Friday from Interim Superintendent Patrick McQueeney.
“It’s always a difficult decision and it is frustrating because that’s the nature of this virus… It seems like this year is just constant flexibility and adjustment,” McQueeny told NJ Advance Media.