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NEW BEDFORD — After Gov. Charlie Baker announced new methods of COVID-19 testing in schools, Greater New Bedford districts have decided to decline the offer. At the Jan. 12 school committee meeting, New Bedford Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Anderson said the district will not move forward with Abbott BinaxNOW testing "as our resources must concentrate on managing the positive COVID-19 cases including navigating the contact tracing process as it impacts our students and staff." Fairhaven Public Schools has also chosen not to pursue the initiative. Acushnet Public Schools, which only i...

NEW BEDFORD — The days of walking into a classroom, seeing a substitute teacher and expecting a movie day are long gone due to COVID-19. While teachers are highly valued, even considered by some to be "superheroes" amid the pandemic, they aren't immune to viruses, and replacements must be in place in case they cannot be present in the classroom. That's where substitute teachers have played a key role this year in keeping students on track with their academic lessons. Pre-pandemic, each school district had a pool of substitute teachers who were paid on an hourly or daily basis and were ca...