With Several Schools Being Prepped as Emergency Shelters, Jersey City School District Decides to Close Monday
By Jon Whiten • Aug 26th, 2011 • Category: Blog, News
The Jersey City school district has announced that it will be closed Monday, August 29 and all district programs will be canceled.
Monday was previously scheduled to be the day that all administrators were to report back to work, in advance of the September 7 start of the school year. But with the city possibly needing to use several schools as emergency shelters, and out of general precautions due to the storm, the district has decided to close.
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Satellite photo of Irene taken August 25 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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