Red Bank Borough Schools Go Virtual Amid ‘Several’ COVID Cases

RED BANK, NJ - Red Bank Borough schools are shuttered until Wednesday, according to school officials.

In a Nov. 12 message posted to the district website, superintendent Jared Rumage announced that the district’s two public schools would be switching to an all-virtual schedule immediately. The transition comes as a response to “several positive cases of COVID-19 across the district.”

“Fortunately, only one of the cases directly impacted our middle school community and due to cohorting, the impact was minimal. It is important to note that the source of each case was identified as the household,” Rumage wrote.

Close contacts have already been notified, the superintendent continued, and there is no evidence of in-school transmission.

The closure is in effect until Nov. 18, according to the message.

Grab-and-go breakfasts and lunches will be available for Red Bank children 18 and under from 9 to 11 a.m. on Nov. 13 and Nov. 16 at Red Bank Primary School and Red Bank Middle School. Monday meal distribution will include meals for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Red Bank Borough joins a growing list of schools in Monmouth County suspending in-person instruction in recent weeks. Freehold Regional High School District’s Howell High School and Marlboro High School shuttered earlier this month due to cases in the school communities.

Red Bank Regional High School switched to remote learning Nov. 2 amid at least four positive cases of COVID-19, superintendent Louis Moore announced in late October.

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