Lamont Repollet

It seems unrealistic for most schools to have all students in attendance and meet social distancing rules. Hybrid approach with some virtual learning likely.

Despite prodding by the state, around 89,000 students in New Jersey don't have devices or internet access at home, which makes virtual schooling even harder.

Lamont Repollet will become president of Kean, after heading up the NJ Department of Education since 2018.

Special committees are being formed to look at how and when to reopen schools, possibly for summer classes.

Most students are going online to continue their studies, but others are using pen and paper to complete homework assignments

The state Board of Education voted to temporarily allow special education services to be provided over the phone or online during the coronavirus shutdown.

Districts will be working with local emergency management officials to make sure low-income students are getting enough food.

New Jersey expects U.S. Department of Agriculture to waive rules so that all districts can deliver grab-and-go meals at off-school locations.

Decisions about whether to close a school for weeks due to the novel coronavirus remains one for school districts to make, as the state is not yet ordering it.

Murphy administration will recalculate aid numbers because it used outdated tax data the first time. Only one of 194 districts losing aid gains some back.