Gloucester Township School Districts Modify Schedules For COVID

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Both of Gloucester Township’s school districts will operate on an early dismissal schedule this week amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

The Black Horse Pike Regional School District is operating on a half-day schedule, in which the school day ends at 11:45 a.m. The half-day schedule is posted on the district’s website.

It was instituted after the district opened the 2022 calendar year in a remote learning environment. Read more here: Black Horse Pike Schools Go Virtual Amid COVID-19 Surge

Last week, the Gloucester Township K-8 Public School District announced that it would engage in a half-day schedule for Jan. 10-14.

"The early dismissal schedule provides the school administration the opportunity to manage their building resources more effectively and improve in person instructional opportunities for our students," Superintendent of Schools John Bilodeau said when he made the announcement.

Click here for the early dismissal schedule. Read more here: Modified Schedule For Gloucester Twp. Schools For Weather, COVID

Both districts, as well as districts across the region, have announced modified school schedules due to the impact the spike in new COVID-19 cases is having on staffing.

There were 541 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Gloucester Township, as part of the 4,903 new positive cases of COVID-19 which occurred on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, bringing the aggregate number of confirmed positive cases in Camden County to 87,543 and 1,425 total fatalities, according to the Camden County Department of Health.

“With the significant rise in cases, we’re doing all we can to ensure that every resident has access to testing, vaccines and other resources,” Camden County Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. said. “We’ve opened new test sites at the Charles DePalma Public Works complex, the county complex at 2600 Mt. Ephraim Avenue in Camden City and today, we announced three more locations by CAMCare Health Corporation. Testing is crucial; however, I want to remind everyone about how important it is to get vaccinated and get your booster. These vaccines are the best tool we have in our fight against this virus so please, get vaccinated if you haven’t already. All adults are eligible for booster shots and just last week, booster shots for ages 12-17 was approved by the U.S. FDA."