Maine:

Maine School Administrative School District No. 20, in Fort Fairfield on the Canadian border, is on remote learning until Nov. 22 “due to the inability to provide adequate substitutes for the absences of essential employees and the number of confirmed positive COVID cases,” Superintendent Timothy L. Doak said.
Mast Landing School in Maine’s Regional School Unit 5 has moved to remote learning until Nov. 22 because “It has not been a good week for COVID in RSU 5,” Superintendent Becky Foley said on the district’s website.
Gardiner Regional Middle School in Maine School Administrative District No. 11 was closed Nov. 15 due to “a shortage of staff, numerous positive COVID-19 cases of both students and staff, and a quarter of the student body being identified as close contacts,” Superintendent Patricia Hopkins announced.
Winthrop Public Schools has made Nov. 22 and 23 remote learning days to “allow our schools to be ‘student-free’ for nine days to address the increase in COVID cases and to permit our staff planning and processing time,” the district says on its website.

Michigan:

Potterville Public Schools announced it will move to remote learning through Nov. 29 and Charlotte Upper Elementary School will be remote until at least Nov. 23, according to the Lansing State Journal. Pennfield Schools has shifted all students to remote learning until Nov. 22.

Pennsylvania:

Wattsburg Area School District has moved all its schools to virtual learning until Nov. 30. “Our schools are experiencing pandemic-related staffing shortages along with a rise in positive COVID-19 cases in the student population,” the district said on its website.
Fort LeBoeuf School District has closed Waterford and Robison elementary schools to in-person learning through Nov. 29, GoErie.com reported.

Elsewhere, Morristown High School, in New Jersey’s Morris School District, has shifted to remote learning until Nov. 22 and canceled all curricular activities, due to rising infections and quarantines.

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