NJ School District Needs To Relocate 670 Students After Classroom Fire

GALLOWAY, NJ — A South Jersey school district is keeping a school closed through the rest of this week while trying to find space for students and staff displaced by a classroom fire.

Arthur Rann Elementary School will remain closed Thursday and Friday after a fire tore through a classroom just after midnight Monday. Read more: NJ Elementary School Catches Fire During Brutal Snow Storm: Police

A plan to relocate students and staff has not been released.

"As you can imagine this is an enormous task with a magnitude of obstacles when attempting to relocate approximately 670 students and approximately 109 staff," Galloway Township Schools Superintendent Stephen P. Santilli said in a message to families. "While space is a challenge, even more pressing is the gathering and distribution of needed materials and supplies, breakfast/lunch, transportation needs, and parent drop/off and pickup in the new locations, are just a few of the many obstacles when developing a plan of this magnitude."

The plan should be released by the end of the week, with implementation occurring next week, Santilli said.

"I realize this is an inconvenience for all of our parents/guardians, but as a team we will not implement a plan that we are not ready to execute, as the safety of all of our students and staff will remain at the forefront," he said.