Officials: Fairfield students with special needs will return to in-person school March 1 FacebookTwitterEmail Parents in the Fairfield school system held a rally for a full time return to the classroom for students on Sherman Green in Fairfield, Conn. on Monday, November 9, 2020.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media FAIRFIELD — All of the district’s special needs students should be back in school full time by March 1, officials announced this week. Timelines for the rest of the district’s students should be ready in about three weeks as the district strives to get everyone in person five days a week. “That’s the goal and that’s the work happening in the buildings,” Superintendent Mike Cummings said.