Massachusetts' Big Experiment: Pool Testing in Schools
When Superintendent Almi Abeyta of Chelsea listened in a Zoom meeting last fall to her fellow superintendents talk about what they were doing to get students back into school buildings, it was a window into the kind of educational inqueties the pandemic has brought on. Wellesley's superintendent, David Lussier, mentioned an effort to bring COVID-19 testing to schools in his upscale community. Abeyta had been focusing on improving remote learning and ensuring kids in her district had food to eat. "I was like, huh?" she recalled. "What do you mean, COVID testing in the schools? Are you serious?...
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