By Monday afternoon, March 9, 21 school districts and universities in New Jersey had begun making plans to close their buildings or alter their schedules in an effort to address potential ramifications surrounding COVID-19, aka novel coronavirus.

Last Thursday, March 5, Stafford Township School District Superintendent George Chidiac didn’t wait on other districts to start taking limited action to help prevent the possibility of any of the district’s students or staff from contracting the virus.