Port Chester Schools Going Remote Until Mid-January

Greenwich CT

20 November, 2020

5:59 PM

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PORT CHESTER, NY — Due to the village being designated a micro-cluster orange zone, Port Chester schools will continue doing full remote instruction into January. School officials said, in a post on the district's website, depending on coronavirus infection rates in mid-January and the availability of testing, the possibility of reinstating and phasing-in a hybrid model will be examined. Orange zone restrictions require testing for the coronavirus if schools are to have in-person classes. At a school board meeting Thursday, Superintendent Edward Kliszus said the district could not comply with the requirement, the Journal News reported. He said the district couldn't spend $50-$100 testing 1,000 people to get the students back into classrooms. Meal distribution continues for the students at the four elementary schools between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on school days.