COVID, staffing issues force Canton Central School District to switch to remote learning By 7 News Staff | December 14, 2020 at 4:32 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 4:32 PM
CANTON, N.Y. (WWNY) - The Canton Central School District is going to fully remote learning through January 4.
Officials said the decision was due to staffing issues and 4 students testing positive for COVID-19.
According to the district, the cases involve one elementary student, one middle school student and two high school students.
“Using the guidelines of Public Health, our school staff has been notifying individuals of possible exposure and that they should remain at home until contacted by Public Health,” the district said in a Facebook post. “Due to staffing issues at all three buildings, we will now be fully remote through January 4, 2021.”
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Friday, December 11, 2020 - 6:01 am
CANTON Canton Central School will be fully remote today, Friday, Dec. 11, due to a critical staffing shortage as a result of precautionary quarantine.
“To allay fears, we do not have any positive cases to report,” said CCS Superintendent Ronald Burke.
Students who attend Seaway Tech will attend those classes in-person, he said. Students who attend out-of-district Special Education programs will attend in-person.
Burke said students who attend the English Language Learner program at Lisbon will attend in-person.
The BOCES ABA classrooms housed at Canton will be remote.
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