Schools to move to remote learning in Franklin County NY

Geography: Franklin County, NY borders Quebec, Canada.

I have grandchildren who attend school here. Thankfully their parents chose to have them be remote from the beginning of the school year because we all knew this would probably happen and they didn't want to risk their children (one has asthma), themselves (he has asthma too) nor us.

https://www.wcax.com/2020/11/10/franklin-county-new-york-schools-to-move-to-remote-learning/

MALONE, N.Y. (WCAX) - All schools in Franklin County, New York are moving to remote learning through January 4.

The call was made by Franklin County Public Health officials, following a rise in COVID-19 cases in the last week. They say the county is seeing community spread of the coronavirus, and officials are struggling to track where cases are coming from.

The highest rate of infection is in the northern part of Franklin County, so the four school districts in that region, Brushton-Moira, St. Regis Falls, Salmon River and Malone central school districts, as well as FEH BOCES’s North Franklin Educational Center in Malone will shift to remote learning first. In-person learning will happen on Tuesday, November 11th, and following the day off for Veteran’s Day, online learning will begin Thursday the 12th.

Chateaugay Central School District was already fully remote this week due to a COVID-19 exposure, and will stay remote through Jan. 4.

In the south end of the county, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake central school districts as well as FEH BOCES’s Adirondack Educational Center in Saranac Lake will go remote as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread in the north end from reaching that area. These schools will use this week to prepare and then shift into remote learning on Monday, Nov. 16.