This March 7, 2020 photograph provided by Holly Taylor Coolman, shows a form held by her son James Coolman while quarantined at their family home in Providence, R.I. The Saint Raphael Academy high school student is doing classwork online from home due to his exposure to someone who tested positive for the new coronavirus. (Holly Taylor Coolman photo via AP)
March 9, 2020
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March 9, 2020 4:16 p.m.
Schools wrestle with fairness of closures during outbreak
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the new coronavirus surfaced at Saint Raphael Academy after a school group returned from a trip to Italy, officials decided to close the Rhode Island Catholic high school for two weeks.