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Judge forces Trenton public school teachers back to classrooms
TRENTON In-person classroom instruction will return to public schools in the state s capital city on Monday after a Superior Court judge ordered teachers back to work.
The school district announced students would be back in classrooms for the first time since March 18, 2020, after spending millions to improve schools including the purchase of 1,500 air purifiers for every room along with plexiglass shields and signage and stickers to remind students of social distancing and hand washing.
All New Jersey schools were closed by executive order last year but Gov. Phil Murphy has since said that districts should reopen buildings. Schools were given the option to make their own decisions about reopening with in person, remote or a hybrid schedule. Remote learning had to be offered to parents who did not want their kids back in classrooms.