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1946-1947 May Pole Celebration at Columbus Park HOBKEN,NJ |
The first week has been reserved for students to get to know their teachers and new technology.
Superintendent Dr. Christine Johnson said in a newsletter Thursday, "At last night's Board of Education Meeting, members approved my request to purchase 250 HEPA filter units for our classrooms. I anticipate the arrival of these units during the week of September 21st. In the meantime, our Heating and Cooling service providers have already been to each of our schools to ensure that all vents, fresh air systems, unit ventilators and air handlers are working and have new filters."
The local Hoboken Education Foundation raised money to order Chromebooks for all students in third grade and up.
More than 200 districts that went all-remote because they couldn't meet coronavirus health precautions in time, including keeping students six feet apart. Hoboken has been able to offer full-day on-site education, with the superintendent saying the district is trying to keep classrooms to ten students. About half of the families who responded to a survey said they wanted on-site education, and half remotely.
In New Jersey, 388 districts are opening with hybrid plans where students can attend part of the day, 238 are all remote, and only 60 are offering full-time in person.
While most children who test positive for coronavirus will recover from it, they can spread it to others. Some have lost a parent, both parents, teachers, or siblings.
Coronavirus and Hoboken kids
Hoboken has suffered 31 fatalities from the virus since the beginning of the pandemic. The last fatality was in May. Hoboken's total of Covid-19 cases as of the end of August was 718 known, confirmed cases. On Thursday, Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in an update that the current case count was 729.
See a recent update here.
Here are statistics on Hoboken residents under 16 testing positive for the virus.
