While Livingston Public Schools opened to students on Tuesday, January 4, superintendent of schools Matthew Block called the staffing situation “tenuous” at the January 4 Board of Education meeting. He referred to transportation, food service, and instructional staff.
“I’m hopeful that we can stay open,” he said, adding that faculty, “in the face of a significant shortage of staff, continue to take extra duties to keep the schools open.”
He specifically cited the school nurses who are working “above and beyond their regular job after the break,” due to the return from the winter break and the increase in COVID cases.
“Our school nurses literally worked from 6 a.m. yesterday [Monday, January 3] to 1 a.m. this morning contact tracing as much as possible and continued at that same pace today,” he said. “We have deployed a number of our office staff, administrators, directors and supervisors to assist them.”