Hudson Valley School District To End Year Remotely

MILLBROOK, NY — Because of an increase in coronavirus infections, the Millbrook Central School District announced Thursday that all classes through the end of December will be conducted remotely.

Millbrook's announcement comes after Carmel High School in Putnam County said it would be operating remotely until the holiday break.

In a letter to families and staff, Superintendent Laura Mitchell said the switch to remote instruction went into effect Friday, the Poughkeepsie Journal said. In-person classes are expected to resume Jan. 3.

The school district didn't say how many cases were diagnosed.

The state's COVID-19 Report Card showed, as of Wednesday, there were five students and 2 staff members who tested positive at Elm Drive Elementary School.

As of Thursday, there were two staff members and one student who tested positive at Millbrook High School and eight students and one teacher at Millbrook Middle School, according to the report card.

The tracker said there were 61 reported positives since the beginning of the fall semester.

Mitchell said that it was increasingly challenging to continue in-person classes as the number of cases and number of close contacts grows, the Daily Voice said.

District officials said anyone who has been impacted by the positive cases will be contacted by district or health officials.

In Dutchess County, there are 1,487 active cases of the virus, as of Wednesday, up from 1,325 Tuesday, according to the county tracker.

As of Wednesday, 68 people in Dutchess County were hospitalized with COVID-19-related illnesses, up two from Tuesday. There have been 523 deaths since the pandemic began in the county.

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