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N.J.’s largest school district is returning to classrooms after one year. Here’s how it’ll work.
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Ruben Rivera, a math teacher at Barringer High School, waits in line to receive the vaccine at Barringer High School on Tuesday, March 16, 2021John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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When Catia Nascimento goes back to teach in her East Side High School classroom in Newark on Monday the first time in over a year she’ll be wearing two masks and a face shield.
“My biggest concern is the well-being of our community,” said Nascimento, who along with her three kids contracted COVID in October. “And although I know we’re taking as much precaution as we can, I’m a little bit scared with the number of cases I’m seeing.”