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Emersyn sits with her classmates in a circle on the rug. The second graders greet one another—“Hi Emersyn”—and count the days of school with the help of dots on the wall. What Emersyn loves most about her school, the P.A. Shaw on Norfolk Street, is that the people in the building know and care about her. “My teachers love me,” she says, “even if I’m having a hard time.” So,
This may feel like a more normal school year for Boston Public Schools students, with masking optional as classes begin next week. But to their parents and state regulators, the stakes still feel uncommonly high.
A heightened presence was added at Boston's Dr. William W. Henderson Inclusion School on Friday after a TikTok post referenced the threat of a shooting at the...