Sophomore classrooms at Northeast High School will close for a week as officials manage a COVID-19 outbreak. PHILADELPHIA - Sophomore students at Northeast High School will learn remotely for a week as the school works to contain an outbreak of coronavirus infections among students.
Officials say 11th grade classrooms will close from Thursday, Dec. 2 to Monday, Dec. 6 to allow for contact tracing. Parents and guardians who have a child who shared a classroom with a student that tested positive for COVID-19 will be contacted by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health or school staff instructions to quarantine. MORE CORONAVIRUS HEADLINESStudents who did not share a classroom with someone that tested positive do not need to isolate,.