Chelmsford school board debates changing close-contact policy
Wicked Local CHELMSFORD -- The School Committee will decide on proposed changes to the district's close-contact policy -- with an eye toward helping struggling students, and avoiding unnecessary quarantines. The School Committee will ask the Health Department to attend a meeting to answer questions before voting on any policy changes. The School Committee had a sometimes-tense debate at a Feb. 2 meeting about the way forward. The debate followed an update from Superintendent Jay Lang, who lamented delays in educators receiving vaccinations in the state's timeline. Lang said vaccina...