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NJ Educators Make Hilarious Home Movie About Distance Learning

The coronavirus can take the vice principal out of the classroom, but it can't take the classroom out of the vice principal.

James Caldwell High School Vice Principal John Bertollo shared a smile-inducing video he created with his two children and his wife, Chrissy Bertollo, the vice principal at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Clifton.
James Caldwell High School Vice Principal John Bertollo shared a smile-inducing video he created with his two children and his wife, Chrissy Bertollo, the vice principal at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Clifton. (Photo/Video: John Bertollo, used with permission)

CALDWELLS, NJ — The coronavirus can take the vice principal out of the classroom, but it can’t take the classroom out of the vice principal.

Earlier this week, James Caldwell High School Vice Principal John Bertollo shared a smile-inducing video he created with his two children and his wife, Chrissy Bertollo, the vice principal at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Clifton.

In an effort to beat cabin fever during the COVID-19 quarantine, the Bertollos acted out a cringe-worthy scenario: “What if we did what we normally do in our buildings, and try it HERE, with our children?”

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Hilarity soon followed. Watch the video, titled “Distance Learning with Two Vice Principals and their Two Children,” below.

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