Dear Members:
As previously shared with you, the American Federation of Teachers sits on the statewide reopening committee. NTU sits on the local version. We have long pushed for and can now confirm that the decision of when to close a classroom, a school building or an entire district will not be solely a local decision. If one or two students or teachers is diagnosed with the coronavirus in a New Jersey classroom, everyone he or she came close to at school could be asked to stay home for 14 days, according to new state guidelines. But if two people in different classrooms have confirmed