NJ Schools With Remote Instruction To Grow To 180: Here's Where

NEW JERSEY – Gov. Phil Murphy, speaking during a Monday news conference, announced that 180 districts want remote instruction – a list that appears to be growing – and 59 want all in-person (see list of schools going remote below).

Murphy also said 745 reopening plans have been submitted, and 251 have been competed. Of those, 389 have been returned for revisions. He did not identify those districts.

The governor provided the latest numbers as he revealed 225 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths (you can watch it here, below).

The update comes as the number of cases rose to 189,719 on Monday, and 14,120 confirmed deaths have been reported. Read more: NJ Coronavirus, School Reopen Updates: Here's What You Need To Know

Murphy said New Jersey recognizes the differences "between and within our districts that make a one-size-fits all solution impracticable."

But he also made a point of saying that, even if school districts decided to start the year with remote instruction, they need to plan to eventually switch to in-person.

During the news conference, Murphy declared that "each district is safe for school reopening with the right precautions in place."

Here are many of the districts that have decided to start the year remote:

• Asbury Park
• Atlantic City
• Bayonne
• Bergen County Technical Schools
• Bloomfield
• Bordentown
• Bridgeton
• Bridgewater-Raritan
• Burlington City
• Burlington Township
• Butler
• Camden
• Collingswood
• Dover
• Edison
• Edgewater
• Egg Harbor Township
• Elizabeth
• Fair Lawn
• Flemington-Raritan
• Freehold Borough
• 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)
• Metuchen
• Millburn/Short Hills
• Montclair
• Neptune Township
• New Brunswick
• Newark
• North Bergen
• North Brunswick
• Nutley
• Old Bridge
• Passaic
• Paterson
• Perth Amboy
• Piscataway
• Plainfield
• Pleasantville
• Princeton
• Rahway
• Roselle
• Roselle Park
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood
• Somers Point
• South Brunswick
• South Orange-Maplewood
• Sparta
• Springfield (Union)
• Teaneck
• Toms River
• Union City
• West New York
• West Orange
• Willingboro
• Woodbridge

Many more districts – 436 – envision starting with a hybrid version of in-person and remote rather going fully remote. Fifty-nine are actually going to do all in-person

This is a developing story. Patch will have provide updates as they come in.

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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