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WORCESTER For the first time in more than a year, the city’s elementary and middle schools returned to full-time, in-person learning Monday. The School Department, meanwhile, is also planning for the next target date, May 17, when high schoolers are scheduled to go back to five days a week of in-person learning. Monday, at least, went “great,” according to Superintendent Maureen Binienda. “There were no big issues that I know of,” she said. She credited the smooth transition to Worcester’s monthlong acclimation to hybrid learning, which began for most students March 29. Under that model, students went to school twice a week, and received remote education the rest of the time. ....