242 NJ School Districts Now All-Remote Amid Coronavirus

NEW JERSEY – Gov. Phil Murphy, speaking during a Wednesday news conference, said nearly one-third of New Jersey school districts will begin the year on an all-remote basis, while others have chosen a different path. Murphy updated the list as he announced 329 new coronavirus cases and 11 more deaths (you can watch it here, below).

The update comes as the number of cases rose to 192,595 and confirmed deaths went up to 14,181. Read more: NJ Coronavirus, School Reopen Updates: Here's What You Need To Know

Of the districts' plans, 545 were approved (328 of them hybrid, 150 remote, 50 fully in-person and 17 a combination of all), 221 are still under review and 35 have not yet reviewed.

Murphy announced that 434 school districts – most of them beginning next week – will likely start the year with a hybrid model of both in-person and remote instruction.

Here are many of the 242 districts – a number that's 62 higher than two weeks ago – that will begin the year with all-remote learning:

• Asbury Park
• Atlantic City
• Bayonne
• Bergen County Technical Schools
• Bloomfield
• Bordentown
• Bridgeton
• Bridgewater-Raritan
• Burlington City
• Burlington Township
• Butler
• Camden
• Cherry Hill
• Collingswood
• Dover
• Edison
• Edgewater
• Egg Harbor Township
• Elizabeth
• East Windsor
• Fair Lawn
• Flemington-Raritan
• Freehold Borough
• Freehold Regional
• Freehold Township
• Garfield
• Guttenberg
• Hackensack
• Haddon Heights
• Hamilton Township (Mercer)
• Harrison
• Hillsborough
• Hillside
• Hudson County Schools of Technology
• Jersey City
• Kearny
• Lacey Township
• Linden
• Livingston
• Long Branch
• Lawrenceville
• Manalapan-Englishtown
• Maplewood (South Orange-Maplewood District)
• Metuchen
• Middlesex
• Millburn/Short Hills
• Montclair
• Neptune Township
• New Brunswick
• Newark
• North Bergen
• North Brunswick
• Nutley
• Old Bridge
• Paramus
• Passaic
• Paterson
• Perth Amboy
• Piscataway
• Plainfield
• Pleasantville
• Princeton
• Rahway
• Ramapo Indian Hills Regional
• Roselle
• Roselle Park
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood
• Somers Point
• South Brunswick
• South Orange-Maplewood
• Sparta
• Springfield (Union)
• Teaneck
• Toms River
• Union City
• West Deptford
• West New York
• West Orange
• Willingboro
• Woodbridge
• Wyckoff

Another 68 will open to all in-person instruction, and 22 will have some combination of everything, Murphy said.

Here are some of school districts that are opening this week (click on the links to see how they're handling their reopenings, and the rules they have in place):

• Black Horse
• Butler
• Hackettstown
• Hillsborough
• Hopatcong
• Jefferson
• Ridgewood
• Rumson
• Summit

Murphy said he's hopeful that New Jersey will reopen safely and effectively, and he fully expects educators, administrators and support staff will be "at the ready."

Murphy said he's confident that New Jersey will not open in a "chaotic" way that's happened in other states, causing them to deal with outbreaks.

At the same time, Murphy said, he understands that "each and every school district is unique .(and) there are no, and can be no, one-size-fits-all measures."

"For all the different approaches, we are bound together by far more," he said.

Murphy said that diagnoses of the virus in school may be inevitable and outbreaks may happen, but he believes the school districts are prepared to handle them.

Murphy addressed schools as much of New Jersey prepares to reopen over the next week. Read more: NJ's Reopening Week: Here's What You Can Do Now Amid Coronavirus

Murphy has issued a list of rules and guidelines for reopening schools this fall amid the coronavirus outbreak. Read more: Gov. Murphy Issues NJ School Reopening Rules Amid Coronavirus

New Jersey officials released the state's list of rules for districts to follow if they have any hope of having in-person instruction amid the coronavirus crisis this fall. Read more: NJ Issues Rules For In-Person Education In Schools Amid COVID-19

Watch Murphy here:

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