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No students in classrooms until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic would have seemed far-fetched not too long ago.

In recent weeks, though, a growing number of school districts have announced they are staying with, or switching to, all-remote learning until January — and possibly longer.

The list includes three of the state’s biggest school districts, in Jersey City, Newark and Paterson.

With coronavirus cases continuing to rise in New Jersey, the list seems likely to grow, though Gov. Phil Murphy has said he is not planning to order a statewide shutdown.

The K-12 Delran school district in Burlington County switched to all-remote learning at all four schools on Monday and plans to continue through Jan. 15.

In announcing the change Friday, Delran Superintendent Brian Brotschul said 525 students and district employees have had to quarantine since the hybrid schedule began in September, and that 14 COVID-19 cases had been reported in the past two weeks.

Brotschul told parents in a letter that “although our safety protocols have worked by not having any teachers infect a child or any child infect a teacher … It has proved difficult to sustain an in-person program.”

He cited the difficulty of having “assumed the responsibility of managing community or family born cases as they become connected to our instructional program overall.”

“I wish conditions could have allowed for a full year in person program,” Brotschul wrote.

While the state does not maintain a public list of the schools or districts that have had to close down, it provides an online dashboard identifying counties, number of schools and cases that were transmitted in school buildings or through school activities.

As on Monday morning, it showed that 51 schools have had a total of 193 cases.

Below is a list of schools and districts not planning a return to in-person instruction until 2021.

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All four Bergen County Technical High School campuses are on a remote learning schedule until Jan. 15.

Delran: Students switched on Monday to all-remote learning through Jan. 15.

Bloomfield: Students in grades K-6 and some special education students are remote and will begin a hybrid schedule on Jan. 25. The return date for middle school students and high school students has not been announced.

Newark: Students are returning to classrooms on Jan. 25.

Jersey City: The school district is staying with remote learning through the end of the second marking period, which ends on Feb. 2, 2021.

East Brunswick: Schools switched to all-remote learning on Monday, with the hybrid schedule resuming Jan. 11.

Piscataway: Some students were planned to begin a hybrid schedule Monday, until the school announced Friday that all-remote leaning will continue until Jan. 11.

Boonton: High school students and those in grades 6 through 8 at John Hill School will return to classes Feb. 1, while students in kindergarten through fifth grade will start two weeks earlier on Jan. 19.

Dover: The school district has extended remote learning for all students until the first week of January.

Clifton: The school district has approved all-remote learning through the end of January.

Paterson: All-remote learning until Jan. 19.

Plainfield: The school district will switch to all-remote learning starting Wednesday and keep students at home through Jan. 29.

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Rob Jennings may be reached at rjennings@njadvancemedia.com.