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The state s education commissioner wants elementary school students back in the classroom full-time in April, part of a plan to phase out remote learning that officials announced Tuesday as Massachusetts approaches the one-year anniversary of the initial March 2020 school closures intended to mitigate spread of COVID-19.
To that, Wellesley s superintendent has a yes, but. response.
The announcements met pushback from the state s largest teachers union, which has been calling for earlier vaccine access for educators, and from school committees, which said decisions involved in reopenings are best handled locally.
We wish the governor s announcement had been coupled with a definitive timeline for educator vaccinations, which we sincerely hope will begin in the month of March. Many states are ahead of Massachusetts in this regard. Superintendent David Lussier
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A City Council vote Wednesday, Feb. 3, moved Boston a step closer to skipping the special election its charter would require if Mayor Marty Walsh resigns before March 5, as appears likely.
A day before Walsh, President Biden s pick for labor secretary, is set to appear in front of a U.S. Senate committee for his confirmation hearing, 12 of the council s 13 members voted in favor of a home rule petition that would dispense with the special election requirement and allow Council President Kim Janey to serve as acting mayor until the city s voters choose a successor to Walsh in the regularly scheduled fall election.
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