Paterson Public Schools officials
announced today that students and staff will begin
remote learning and remain remote after
the upcoming holiday break.
The district’s remote request was made in collaboration
with the Paterson health officer, Dr. Paul Persaud.
“The rising numbers of COVID-19 cases due to multiple
variants are cause for concern for all of us,” says Persaud. “A surge of new
cases has occurred in northeastern New Jersey, and it is expected that the
trend will continue through the holiday break,” said Superintendent of Schools
Eileen F. Shafer. “That is why I told the Paterson Health Officer of my
concerns and asked for his support of my recommendation to begin remote
learning throughout the district starting January 4th until January 18th.”
The period of remote learning will begin Jan. 4 and the
district’s schools and offices will reopen on Jan. 18.