York Dispatch
Northeastern and Southern York County school districts each closed one school Friday after seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases linked to their buildings.
Northeastern closed Shallow Brook Intermediate School after recording two recent COVID-19 cases at the building, according to a district announcement Thursday night. Southern closed Shrewsbury Elementary after recording six cases within a 14-day window, according to the district s online COVID-19 dashboard. Both schools are set to reopen to students Monday.
This is not the first recent COVID-19 closure for either district. Northeastern closed Mount Wolf Elementary, Orendorf Elementary and Spring Forge Intermediate in April, while Southern closed Shrewsbury Elementary a separate time and Susquehannock High School the same month.
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Northeastern School District closes two schools Wednesday due to COVID-19
York Dispatch
Northeastern School District closed two of its schools for the rest of the week after each building recorded four COVID-19 cases within 14 days.
Spring Forge Intermediate and Mount Wolf Elementary will be closed Wednesday through Friday, with students completing online assignments until they return to the classroom Monday.
According to the district s online COVID-19 dashboard, Northeastern s nine buildings have recorded a total of 21 cases in the last 14 days. Eight of those cases are linked to Orendorf Elementary, which closed last week and reopened Monday.
Two schools with the York City and West Shore school districts closed Tuesday for the rest of the week, adding to a growing trend of school closures across York County due to COVID-19. Just last week, 13 local schools temporarily closed, not including a handful of schools that limited their COVID-19 closures to the weekend.
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