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Return To The Classroom: Massachusetts Sets Deadlines For Elementary, Middle Schools To Shift To In-Person Learning
CBS Boston 3/10/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) Massachusetts is aiming to do away with remote and hybrid learning for students in grades K-8 by the end of April. Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley announced deadlines on Tuesday for elementary and middle schools to return to in-person learning.
Elementary schools will be required to have “full-time, in-person instruction five days per week” starting Monday, April 5. Middle schools will have to do the same by Wednesday, April 28.
No deadline has been set for high school students, but the timing will be announced in April. Districts will get at least two weeks notice before students will be required to return to in-person learning full-time, Riley said.
A state of emergency: One year after Gov. Charlie Baker’s declaration, the COVID pandemic continues to take a toll
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
On March 9 of 2020, there were just 41 cases of coronavirus identified in Massachusetts. The next day, it jumped to 91.
Exactly one year later, as COVID cases in the Bay State approach 560,000, these seem like small numbers. But those double-digits in the early days of the pandemic quickly turned to triple-digits. Then triple digits turned to thousands.
The COVID pandemic that seemed like a faraway threat was here.
On March 10, Gov. Charlie Baker issued a state of emergency. The move would open the door for a wave of more than 60 executive orders over the next year, dramatically altering life and business in Massachusetts for at least the time being.
Updated on March 8, 2021 at 8:31 am
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The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Friday to approve emergency regulations granting the state education commissioner authority to determine when hybrid and remote models may no longer count towards required student learning time hours.
The move effectively allows Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley to require in-person learning. The vote was 8-3 in favor of the motion after a more-than-two-hour meeting.
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Board members heard from health experts and Riley before they cast their votes Friday afternoon.