By WHAV Staff |
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All Pentucket Regional elementary students will return to fully in-person learning with three-foot distancing no later than Monday, April 5, with middle and high school students following no later than April 28.
Superintendent Justin Bartholomew said the plan is based on new guidance received late Tuesday and the plan has been approved by the boards of health in Groveland, West Newbury and Merrimac and reviewed by Pentucket Regional School District Physician Stephen Beaudoin. The plan, however, is subject to impact bargaining with the Pentucket Association of Teachers.
“We will also build in a professional development day for teachers who are starting what is, for all intents and purposes, a new school year,” he said, adding, “We are welcoming back students, many of whom have not been to school in a year and have not seen their classmates in a year.”