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Educators welcome vaccines but concerned about supply
David Grout teaches a hybrid class to sixth-grade students in person and at home from the Gill Elementary School on Friday. Although he had trouble with the scheduling website, Grout has received his first COVID-19 vaccination. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
David Grout teaches a hybrid class to sixth-grade students in person and at home from the Gill Elementary School on Friday. Although he had trouble with the scheduling website, Grout has received his first COVID-19 vaccination. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
David Grout teaches a hybrid class to sixth-grade students in person and at home from the Gill Elementary School on Friday. Although he had trouble with the scheduling website, Grout has received his first COVID-19 vaccination. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Updated on March 6, 2021 at 9:09 am
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The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has voted to give one person the education commissioner the power to reopen schools, and some teachers are worried that may give the state too much power.
The controversial vote came Friday, and gives Jeffrey Riley full power to require in-person learning for elementary school students. Students who are not comfortable returning to school will have the option of remaining remote for the rest of the school year. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
An 8-3 vote by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Friday afternoon cleared the way for the stateâs education commissioner to eventually take remote and hybrid learning models off the table for local school districts.
The board approved emergency regulations giving Commissioner Jeff Riley the authority to decide when full and partial remote schooling will no longer count toward student learning time requirements, taking a step towards the next phase of pandemic-era schooling in Massachusetts.
âWe are at an interesting time. We have seen our numbers go way down,â Riley said. âWeâve seen the vaccines and the promise of the vaccines go way up, and we think now is the time to begin to move our children back to school more robustly. The medical community believes that, and I think now is the time to make that call.â