Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will hold a press conference on Thursday afternoon to make an announcement about helping residents return to the workforce.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday announced the first organizations to get grant money from the state to help residents looking to get back to work following the coronavirus pandemic. He spoke at Roxbury Community College, one of the recipients of a grant through the $4.6 million Rapid Reemployment Program. It will support the placement and training of residents who.
Most high schools on the Cape will beat that state deadline.
Five schools Barnstable High School, Falmouth High School, Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School in South Yarmouth and Monomoy Regional High School in Harwich plan to resume in-person classes five days a week starting Monday.
Two high schools Mashpee Middle High School and Bourne High School brought students back to the buildings full-time this past Monday.
And Nauset Regional High School in Eastham plans to have all students in their physical classrooms by May 10.
Only Sandwich High School, Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Bourne and Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich are waiting to resume full-time, in-person classes until May 17.
State Offers $70 Million In Grants to Fund Summer Schools, Tutoring And Math Programs
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker provides an update on coronavirus in the state during a press conference at the State House in Boston, Massachusetts.
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It will be a summer full of acceleration academies, tutoring, math instruction, and community college coursework for Massachusetts students under a $70 million grant plan rolled out by state officials Friday.
The state grants to schools are an effort to address student learning loss brought on by the pandemic. In some cities and towns, schools are reopening after having been closed for a year or more to in-person learning and many of their families have struggled with the deaths of loved ones or the loss of regular employment. Gov. Charlie Baker acknowledged those difficulties and how they affected communites unevenly at a press conference in Canton on Friday.
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