Final exams canceled in N.J. school district after ransomware cripples computers

This is the part I find fascinating:

> On Tuesday, the district announced all final exams for high schools students were canceled in light of the ransomware attack. There are no plans to reschedule them.

> Corliss said the decision was made “primarily because we didn’t think it was fair to the students.”

> Students cannot access Google Classroom, Genesis, email or similar services.

While I don't know for sure, I suspect this decision has more to do with maintaining closer to a normal workload for faculty, staff, and administration than being fair to students (save for any promises of an open-book exam where the "book" is now unavailable). There ought to be some kind of offline backup plan that teachers can readily execute without excessive burden though, like photocopying some old exams out of a filing cabinet or something.