PHILADELPHIA - Students at Parkway Northwest High School will learn remotely for a week after multiple COVID-19 cases forced the school to closes its building on Friday.
In a letter to families, school officials said the Philadelphia Department of Public Health determined that Parkway North should close its building until Oct.
11 due to "multiple positive cases of COVID-19." MORE CORONAVIRUS HEADLINESThe school did not specify how many positives cases were found among students and staff, but said that anyone who shared a classroom with an infected person will be contacted with instructions to quarantine.
All students are expected to participate in online learning, regardless of their quarantine status. The school said it will have the.