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TCCS takes 6-12 remote amid COVID-19 case increase

The Tidioute Community Charter School is switching to remote learning for grades six through 12 for the rest of the week due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Chief Educational Officer Dr. Doug Allen said the action is in compliance with Pennsylvania Department of Health regulations “having over 10 COVID cases in a 14-day period.” Allen said students in grades K4-5 remain in person. “Our COVID cases have been in grades 6-12 primarily,” Allen said. Warren County has added a total of 17 additional COVID-19 cases in the last three days — nine on Saturday, seven on Sunday and one on ...

School board OKs measure allowing mask exemptions

On the same day a Warren County school announced it was closing to about half of its students for the rest of the week, the Warren County School District passed a measure easing mask restrictions. On Monday afternoon, the Tidioute Community Charter School announced that all students in grades six through 12 would be sent home for remote learning for the rest of the week due to the number of positive COVID cases in the school. Students in grades pre-K through five remain in-person. By Monday evening, the Warren County School Board approved a motion that means students may be exempted ...

Census: Relief payments staved off hardship in COVID crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — The share of Americans living in poverty rose slightly as the COVID-19 pandemic shook the economy last year, but massive relief payments pumped out by Congress eased hardship for many, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The official poverty measure showed an increase of ...

School board OKs measure allowing mask exemptions

On the same day a Warren County school announced it was closing to about half of its students for the rest of the week, the Warren County School District passed a measure easing mask restrictions. On Monday afternoon, the Tidioute Community Charter School announced that all students in grades six through 12 would be sent home for remote learning for the rest of the week due to the number of positive COVID cases in the school. Students in grades pre-K through five remain in-person. By Monday evening, the Warren County School Board approved a motion that means students may be exempted ...

Dozens of COVID cases reported in school district

As the debate about masks in schools rages on, there are dozens of cases of COVID-19 in Warren County School District’s buildings and more than 250 quarantined students. According to Superintendent Amy Stewart, as of Friday, there had been “40 positive cases so far, spread out over all of the schools.” She said the district is focused on doing what it can to keep schools open and maintain in-person education. The statewide mask mandate took effect on Tuesday. A local group has lobbied the school board to ignore that order. At an emergency meeting, the board voted on two ...

Nearly 80 COVID cases reported in Warren over past 3 days

The surge in COVID-19 cases continues in Warren County. The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced 28 new cases of COVID-19 in the county on Friday and almost 80 in the past three days. The total stood at 2,977 cases, as of Friday, with 2,287 confirmed and 690 probables. Friday was the third time this month that there were more new cases in one day than there had been in all of June (20) or July (18). There have been about 760 cases per 10,000 residents, according to the department. Only Susquehanna County has a lower rate — 732 per 10,000.