Bald Eagle Area School District closes all buildings due to COVID-19 outbreak
Days after closing Wingate Elementary, the Bald Eagle Area School District has decided to close all of its buildings due to rising COVID-19 case numbers.
More than 100 students are under quarantine at the middle and high school buildings, and Superintendent Scott Graham told families Friday that there is a presumed positive case among one of the school bus drivers. The Wingate closure, the second of the year, was announced Tuesday after about 50 students were placed in quarantine.
A new case was announced in the high school Friday, prompting the districtwide closure that will last until Dec. 1.
“All students will begin remote learning on Monday, Nov. 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24,” Graham wrote in an update to families. “Your child will be bringing home a computer and materials in order to work from home.”
If a student comes ill and tests positive over Thanksgiving break, families are asked to contact Graham at scott.graham@beasd.net.
“Hopefully, this is a short-term closure and we will be back to in-person learning on Dec. 1,” Graham said.
The Penns Valley Area School District remains closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak, with a planned Dec. 1 in-person reopening, and the State College Area School District announced that students will learn remotely for two weeks after the scheduled Thanksgiving break.
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 1 p.m. Nov. 20 after BEA announced all schools would move to remote learning through Dec. 1.
This story was originally published November 17, 2020 at 11:53 AM.
