If conditions are favorable, Middletown school board to reexamine sending older students back FacebookTwitterEmail Middletown Public Schools students and educators have been working in hybrid mode since the start of the academic year in September. Here, second-grade student works behind a protection shield at a socially distanced desk at Wesley Elementary School.Contributed photo / Allison Shelley for ‘American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action’ MIDDLETOWN — Board of Education officials are reassuring parents advocating for a full return to in-person classes for all students that they intend to reexamine their decision to send primary school students back to classes nearly every day while keeping higher grades in a hybrid format.