The Scarsdale Public School District in Westchester decided to cancel classes until March 18 upon learning Sunday that a middle school teacher tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
The impacted faculty member is exhibiting mild illness, and the District\u2019s response is designed to demonstrate vigilance and recognition of individuals who may be immuno-compromised, the district wrote in a message posted to their website.<\/p>\n
During the cancellation, the district will contact families who may have come into contact with the infected teacher, disinfect their buildings, and develop a system to enable \u201ce-learning\u201d beginning March 16, the district said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side, the elite private all-girls Brearley School also canceled classes this week because a student\u2019s parent is being tested for the virus, according to a Sunday email sent to parents from the school\u2019s head, Jane Foley Fried.<\/p>\n
The Brearley School is at least the third posh Manhattan prep school to\u00a0 close from the coronavirus since last week.<\/p>\n
The Brearley parent, who was exposed to the coronavirus, was tested Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeither the parent nor members of the family have any symptoms of illness since the exposure,\u201d an email from the school said.<\/p>\n
Classes at the Brearley School are expected to resume after Spring Break on March 30.<\/p>\n
The school said they plan to use the additional week off before the planned break to test the functionality of their virtual classrooms.<\/p>\n
Columbia University is canceling two days of classes this week because a person at the school is under quarantine from coronavirus exposure, action is intended to prevent from spreading, the university\u2019s president announced in a Sunday email.<\/p>\n
I am writing this evening to notify everyone that, because a member of our community has been quarantined as a result of exposure to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have decided to suspend classes on Monday and Tuesday, Columbia\u2019s president, Lee Bollinger, wrote in an email.<\/p>\n
Bollinger noted that the person under quarantine has not yet\u00a0 diagnosed with the deadly virus. They did not say if it was a student or staff member. From Wednesday until the start of Spring Break on Friday, classes will be taught remotely, Bollinger said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Hofstra University on Long Island canceled this week\u2019s classes when a student reported flu-like symptoms Sunday after attending a conference with a person who later tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
The student is being tested and kept in isolation, the university announced in a statement. Six other people who came in close contact with the student have been asked to self-quarantine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to emphasize that this action is a precaution taken to provide peace of mind to students, faculty, staff and families,\u201d the school said.<\/p>\n
The university has no confirmed coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n
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