Education Law requires all New York State public school students to have a health exam when they are a new student in a school district and when they enter Pre-K or Kindergarten, and grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. Beginning on Feb. 1, 2021, schools cannot accept the health exam if it is …
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Dear BKW parent/guardian and staff, The administration has been notified that a member of the BKW Secondary School community has tested positive for COVID-19. The person was last in school on Jan. 19, 2021. We are currently working closely with the Albany County Department of Health to identify this individual’s contacts within the district. The …
Over the weekend, BKW Schools learned of an elementary staff member testing positive for COVID-19. The district has immediately begun working with Department of Health on contact tracing and has assigned one class of students to remote instruction through the coming week, with a return set for Monday, January 25. Administrators will contact parents of the students …
BKW staff and parents, A BKW Elementary School student has tested positive for COVID-19 it was reported to the district today. As a result, the classroom of the student will shift to remote instruction. Administrators are in the process of contacting parents of students in the class to pick up their child. The district will …
Simple steps to school COVID-19 school testing BKW, and school districts across the state, are preparing staff, students, and parents for districtwide COVID-19 testing should our region be designated a color zone by New York State. As we work together to meet the state’s requirements to keep our schools open, our kids learning, and our …
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BKW Secondary School community, As a result of a number of teachers and/or staff members being quarantined due to possible exposure to COVID-19, BKW Secondary School students are shifting to a Remote Only Learning schedule until Tuesday, January 19. All secondary in person instruction is temporarily suspended for the week of January 11-15. Monday, January …
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Dear BKW parent/guardian and staff, The district has been notified that two members of the BKW Secondary School community have tested positive for COVID-19. One person was last in school on Dec. 23, 2020, the other on Jan. 8. Although these are “self-reported” cases and we are awaiting full verification from the Albany County Health …
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Welcome back from the holiday break! Do you need a refresher on Google Classroom, Docs, or Meet? Or a reminder on how to access the Student/Parent Portal? Do you want to review Online Expectations? Then check out the BKW Virtual Learners webpage for tips and tricks on all this and more.
Effective immediately, the Albany County Department of Health has advised K-12 school districts to exclude siblings of symptomatic students from attending in-person classes pending COVID-19 test results of the symptomatic student. This means that brothers and/or sisters of a student who is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should also stay home until that student’s test results are …
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As part of an effort to ensure children access to meals during the pandemic, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the extension of a waiver to provide meals to all children at no charge through June 31, 2021. (The original end date was Dec. 31, 2020) To receive a meal at no cost, …
