Palm Beach County schools closing for 2 weeks; District offices still open

Palm Beach County schools are closing for two weeks because of the coronavirus but district offices will remain open.

THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT WAS THE FIRSTDISTRICT IN OUR ARE TO CLOSEDOWN SCHOOLS STARTING MONDAY.THE MOVE COMES AFTER THECOUNTY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOONDECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL5IDLE LIVE NOW FROM A HIGHSCHOOL WITH WHAT THIS MEANSFOR FAMILIES MOVING FOWARD.JILLIAN?FOREST HILL HIGH SHCOOL HEREBEHIND ME IS ONE OF SEVERALSAT TESTING SITES THAT ITOLD WILL STILL BE HOSTING TTEST TOMORROW AS SCHEDULED BUTAFTER THAT ITSCHOOLS WILL NO LONGER ALLOWSTUDENTS ON CAMPUS FOR THEIMMEDIATE FUTU“AS YOU MAY NO I PREVIOUSLYCANCELED INTERNATIONAL AND OUTOF STATE TRAVEL TODAY I ALSOCANCELED IN STATE TRAVEL UNTFURTHER NOTIC” PALM BEACHCOUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTDR. FENNOY ALSO CANCELINGCLASSES FOR ALL ELEMENTARY,MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT2 WEEKS“BEING CLOSED NEXTWEEK WILL ALSO GIVE TIME TOEVALUATE AND FINE TUNE OURDIGITAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESFOR OUR STUDENT” AS OF NOWSTUDENTS WONWORK REMOTELY ON CLASSWORK“THIS IS A RAPIDLY EVOLVINGSITUATION AND ITTO UNDERSTAND THAT MY FIRSTCONCERN IS WITH THE HEALTH ANDWELFARE OF OUR STAF” DEPSITESCHOOL CAMPUSES SHUTTING DOWNEXECT FOR VOTERS ON ELECTIONDAY TUESDAYARE TO REMAIN OPEN“ALL 12MONTH EMPLOYEES AND SCHOOLFOOD SERVICE MANGERS WILLCONTINUE TO WORK DURING THISPERIOD TEACHERS AND ALL OTHERSUPPORT STAFF ARE NOT TOREPORT TO WORK EFFECTIVEMONDAY MARCH 16TH UNTILFURTHER NOTIC” FOR FAMILIESWHO RELY ON THE SCHOOLDISTRICT TO FEED THEIRCHILDREN THEY ARE GOING TO BESERVING MEALS FROM 11 TO 1MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ATVARIOUS SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THEDISTRICT“I UNDERSTAND THATCLOSING SCHOOLS WILL BE ABURDEN ON MANY FAMILIESDONFAMILIES WILL BE ASKED TO STAYIN THEIR CARS AND MEALS WILLBE PREPPED, BAGGED AND THENBROUGHT TO PARENT DREOP OFFAREAS AT EACH SCHOOL PROVIDINGMEALS FOR FAMILIES.

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