Middlesex County Vocational School Goes Virtual After COVID Case

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools campus in East Brunswick has gone virtual for 14 days, after a ninth grade student tested positive for COVID-19. The school made the announcement last week.

The student had gone to school on Sep. 4.

“The N.J. Department of Health requires that if there is one confirmed case in a school the school remains open and students and staff in close contact with the positive case are excluded from school for 14 days. In this case, circumstances have made it challenging to trace all those in our school community who came in close contact with this one confirmed case,” Superintendent Dianne Veilleux said in a statement.

All faculty will be working for home during this time.

In-person classes will resume on Sep. 21, said Veilleux.

“These are challenging times for our community but we will rise to the challenge. The important work of Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools will continue despite temporary setbacks,” she said.

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