Safe Reopen Hackensack

Hackensack Public Schools reopen tomorrow, as Bergen County remains in the red and district after district moves to full remote for the safety of their students and staff. Hackensack students and staff, please stay safe, take precautions, and protect your health. Our thoughts are with you in this difficult time.

Bergen Co.'s COVID Cases Remain In 'Red Zone:' See Town Updates The coronavirus continues to take a grim toll on Bergen County, according to updated state data. See how your town is doing below.

The spikes are already here. Neighboring districts are going remote. Infection rates are increasing rapidly. Our current course endangers the health and safety of Hackensack Public Schools students and staff.

C.D.C. Warns the New Virus Variant Could Fuel Huge Spikes in Covid-19 Cases The more contagious version, first identified in Britain, is expected to spread widely and lead to further strains on an already overburdened health care system.

An update on what is happening in Fair Lawn, cited by our board of education in support of their decision to reopen schools during this period of heightened transmission. Fair Lawn’s mayor, in coordination with the town’s superintendent and board of education, has closed schools despite having significantly fewer confirmed cases than Hackensack, which currently has over 3,000. Many of the neighboring school districts cited this week by the board of education in defending their move have gone full remote and/or experienced confirmed cases requiring partial or total shutdowns of their district schools. This is Hackensack’s unfortunate future unless the board of education reconsiders their current course of action.

Fair Lawn Public Schools, which the Hackensack Board of Education has pointed to in their dangerous decision to remain open, has just made the decision to go fully remote as cases rise. Fair Lawn has a lower case load than Hackensack, yet Hackensack’s board of education continues to insist that we should risk the safety of staff and students by returning to in-person instruction.