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Times Telegram Central Valley students in grades 9-12 will be back to in-person learning under a hybrid model beginning Monday, March 15. The move comes a year, almost to the day, after Herkimer County schools closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic with the hope that in-person learning could resume a month later. Superintendent Jeremy Rich announced the plan for Central Valley Academy students in a video posted to the district’s Facebook page and Twitter feed Thursday after informing school staff Tuesday and discussing the plan publicly at Wednesday’s school board meeting. Letters were to go out to families Friday explaining the plan. ....
Times Telegram The winter recess begins Dec. 23 for schools in the Herkimer BOCES area, but most of the component schools will be shifting to at least a day or two of remote instruction prior to that date, according to Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES Superintendent Sandra Sherwood. That includes Herkimer BOCES, which is planning to move to virtual instruction for Monday and Tuesday prior to the break – as long as circumstances don’t force the change prior to that time, Sherwood said. She hopes the two days combined with the winter break will allow BOCES programs to resume as scheduled Jan. 4. “It all depends on human behavior,” she added. ....