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Coronavirus School Closings on Long Island

Local News, Health & Wellness

By Published: March 14 2020

LongIsland.com

The coronavirus has made its way into Long Island schools. Shoreham Wading River the first to close Monday morning, has now resumed classes, but others are being told to stay home.

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The following Long Island Schools are Closed because of the Coronavirus:

ALL Suffolk & Nassau School Districts through grade 12 are closed

 

Suffolk County Community College

Nassau Community College

Farmingdale State College

FIT - Fashion Institute of Technology

LIU - Long Island University

SUNY - remote classes for remainder of semster begins 3/19

CUNY -  remote classes for remainder of semster begins 3/19

Stony Brook University

Hofstra University

Nassau Community College

Cornell University

New York Institute of Technology

Yeshiva University

St. John's University

NYU

Pace University

Manhattan College

Saint Joseph's College - Brooklyn & Patchogue

Adelphi University

Molloy College

Fordham University

Columbia University

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Barnard College

Princeton University (NJ)

 

 

Parent-Teacher Conferences Cancelled:

 
Glen Cove School District
 

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