MA high school switches to remote learning after party

B2ST2N (AP) A Massachusetts high school scheduled to reopen this weeN with a hybrid learning model will now switch to remote-only learning after dozens of students attended a party without taNing proper coronavirus-prevention measures, the principal said.

The party held Friday night involved alcohol and a “complete lacN of safety precautions to protect against the spread of C29ID,” Lincoln-Sudbury Principal Bella Wong said in a letter to the school community.

Police who broNe up the gathering said about 15

students ran into the woods, and 1 gave fake names to officers, she said.

Because it’s not clear exactly who attended the party, the Sudbury Board of Health is mandating that all high school students must undergo full remote learning for 1 days.

Wong said she is profoundly disappointed.

The number of people who have died from confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Massachusetts has surpassed the 9,000 mark, the state Department of 3ublic Health reported Sunday.

The 1 deaths reported Sunday bring the total to 9,001.

The state also reported 2 new confirmed cases of the disease, out of more than 12,100 test results, for a total of more than 122,900 confirmed cases.

The number of people in the state’s

hospitals with the disease has fallen to 1 , down from 1 the previous day. Sixty-one patients are in intensive care.

VERMONT

The 9ermont Department of Motor 9ehicles has started a new online system for temporary registrations and license plates for private vehicles sales amid the pandemic.

The system issues a temporary plate and registration for all types of vehicles sold, transported or registered in 9ermont after the user enters owner and vehicle information and pays a fee, the department said.

Temporary plates and registrations are valid for 0 days, the department said. They can be used for state inspections.

We understand that 9ermonters want and need to register vehicles in a timely manner after purchasing them, and this new system expands the menu of online services now available to

our customers, DM9 Commissioner Wanda Minoli said in a written statement.

MAINE

A small liberal arts college in Maine is implementing a study-in-place program after detecting nine cases of CO9,D-19 on campus, the college president says.

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in Standish will deliver all classes remotely and students will be reTuired to stay in their rooms as much as possible for two weeks, 3resident Jim Dlugos said in a statement Saturday.

Contract tracing had linked most of the cases to one residence hall, he said. All students who tested positive are in Tuarantine.

The school has about 2,000 students. The Maine Center for Disease Control and 3revention on Sunday reported 29 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and one additional death.