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9 Inwood, Wash Heights Schools Closed By Coronavirus Cases
Nine schools in Upper Manhattan were among the more than 280 buildings closed across the city Wednesday due to confirmed COVID-19 cases.
UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — Coronavirus cases have temporarily closed down nine schools in Inwood and Washington Heights, according to the Department of Education.
The school closures in the neighborhood come as COVID-19 rates across the city continue to tick up.
According to the Department of Education's guidelines, school buildings must automatically close pending an investigation when at least two COVID-19 cases linked to each other are confirmed in separate classrooms. The closure is extended when the infections occurred outside of school or a link between them cannot be determined.
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Here's the information for the nine schools closed in Upper Manhattan due to coronavirus cases.
- P.S. 128: 560 West 169th Street — Closed from 1/12 to 1/21
- P.S. 173: 306 Fort Washington Avenue — Closed from 1/19 to 1/28
- P.S. 115: 586 West 177th Street — Closed from 1/15 to 1/24, multiple cases found in classrooms within the Alexander Humboldt school.
- P.S. 48: 4360-78 Broadway — Closed from 1/11 to 1/20
- P.S. 132: 185 Wadsworth Avenue — Closed from 1/11 to 1/20
- P.S./I.S. 187: 349 Cabrini Boulevard — Closed from 1/19 to 1/20, multiple cases found in classrooms within the Hudson Cliffs School.
- YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood: 54 Nagle Avenue — Closed from 1/18 to 1/20
- P.S./I.S. 176: 4862 Broadway — Closed from 1/18 to 1/27, multiple cases found in classrooms in the Amistad Dual Middle School.
- P.S./I.S. 263: 202 Sherman Avenue — Closed from 1/13 to 1/22, multiple cases found in the Washington Heights Academy.
Elementary K-5 students, pre-K, 3K, and special needs students are the only students currently going to classrooms. De Blasio and school officials said middle school students who opted into in-person learning likely will return this month.
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Officials hope to avert another disruptive citywide school closure that shifts all students to fully remote, as happened in November.
Patch reporter Anna Quinn contributed to this report.
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