Sewer Project on Reynolds Summer 2021
The City is planning a multi-phase sanitary sewer rehabilitation project in Reynolds Street. The construction of Phase I is scheduled for Summer 2021. It will include replacing 2,350 linear feet of sanitary sewer line, from east of 11th Street through 19th Street.
For this project, street closures and detours will be required on 13th, 15th, Coughlin, and 18th Streets just north of Reynolds when construction is occurring through those intersections.
In Pictures: What Education Looks Like Around the World During a Pandemic
FALL RIVER – Fall River Schools Superintendent Matthew Malone said he has no plans of resigning after the Fall River City Council this week overwhelmingly passed a “no confidence” vote, and called on him to step down.
Malone, who has been under fire over allegations that he harassed his central office staff and used demeaning language, struck a defiant tone, saying he was “disappointed” in the city council s vote, which he called “a distraction from the important work” of education.
“I have important work to lead under the governance of the school committee and I invite the Fall River City Council members to join us in building the best urban school system in Massachusetts and delivering on the promise for a better future in Fall River,” Malone said in a prepared statement.
The Push To Reopen Schools
Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been saying for some time now that she’d like to see state public and private schools return to in-person learning as of Monday. Many Battle Creek area schools are already at least offering in-person for elementary grades. But there’s no hard and fast across-the-board scheduling for that. Kalamazoo Public School administrators are deciding to stay virtual-only for the duration of the school year.
Michigan State University researchers at the MSU Education Policy Innovation Collaborative keep track of districts throughout the state. They’re reporting a little over 80% of Michigan schools are at least partially back to normal class settings. That’s an increase of better than 29% over January numbers. The MSU researchers say it is by far the largest increase since the start of the school year.
New Bedford Schools Announce Increase to In-Person Learning
NEW BEDFORD New Bedford Public Schools is set to launch the next phase of increased in-person instruction in classrooms, Superintendent Thomas Anderson announced at an outdoor press conference today at the Alfred J. Gomes School.
This new phase in the district’s year-long comprehensive response to prioritize the health and safety of all students and staff will start on Monday, March 1, 2021, beginning initially with seven elementary schools – Carney, Gomes, Hayden-McFadden, Renaissance, Rodman, Taylor and Winslow. Each school has been working with their parent community for the notification of which grade levels.
“We are excited to be able to expand Cohort A, which has been five days in-person since September. This expansion will include a range of grades, but the priority starts with kindergarten and first grade,” Anderson said. “Schools are assessing class sizes, space, and other factors to consider other gr