COVID-19 cases are forcing changes in classes and other activities in the Dansville Central School District.
According to a letter posted on the district’s website by Superintendent Paul Alioto, school will be closed Friday, Nov. 19. There will be no classes or remote learning on Friday, and that day will be used for additional cleaning and disinfection of all internal spaces and school buses.
Dansville will shift to full remote learning on Monday, Nov. 22, and continue on remote programming through Tuesday, Nov. 30.
Alioto said that action was taken because there are currently 44 active student and employee COVID-19 cases in the district — 33 students and 11 employees.
Also, he said that staff absences and the shortage of substitute teachers have left Dansville unable to fill important vacancies each day. Alioto also said the district has also been combining bus runs, which place riders closer together for longer periods of time, and that regional positivity rates for COVID-19 are at their highest point since the pandemic began.
Dansville schools are expected to resume normal operations on Wednesday, Dec. 1.
