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PROSPECT Classes at Long River Middle School have been and will remain fully remote this week after several students and teachers tested positive for COVID-19.
Superintendent of Schools Michael Yamin said in a letter that officials were notified on April 1 that three students and a staff member tested positive. The staff member was the third one in four days to test positive. The students and staff were all in school at some point last week.
Officials decided to close the school this week and hold all classes virtually.
Officials plan to reopen the school on April 19, after April vacation next week. As of Wednesday, there were three staff members and 12 students in the region that were positive for coronavirus, according to Yamin. Two staff members and close to 100 students are quarantined due to contact tracing, he said in a letter.
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By Elio Gugliotti, Editor
PROSPECT â Region 16 Board of Education members Feb. 10 debated whether to transfer any more surplus funds to its capital nonrecurring account, but took no action.
The school board, which oversees public schools in Beacon Falls and Prospect, finished the 2019-20 fiscal year with a budget surplus of $661,286.
Excess school money is returned to the towns in the form of credits on their education payments to the region. The money is divided based on the percentage of students from each town. For the 2019-20 school year, 63.25% of students lived in Prospect and 36.75% in Beacon Falls. If $661,286 is returned, Prospect and Beacon Falls would be credited about $418,000 and $243,000, respectively, this fiscal year.
By Elio Gugliotti, Editor
PROSPECT Region 16 elementary and middle school students won’t be returning to in-person classes five days a week in the immediate future.
The Region 16 Board of Education, which oversees public schools in Beacon Falls and Prospect, opted Feb. 10 to maintain the status quo when it comes to the hybrid schedule for the elementary and middle schools.
Elementary and middle school students now attend school in-person every weekday except Wednesdays, which are typically virtual learning days for all students in the region so staff can clean the schools. Students also have the option to remote learn at home full time.