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An Allentown School District letter also cautioned district employees to weigh their social media posts.

Teacher ‘temporarily relieved’ of duties after being ‘involved in the Electoral College protest,’ Allentown district says Updated Jan 23, 2021; An educator with the Allentown School District has been “temporarily relieved of his teaching duties” after being “involved in the Electoral College protest that took place at the United States Capitol Building” on Wednesday, according to a letter from Superintendent Thomas Parker. The district’s communication, which was posted on its website, Facebook page and Twitter account, did not name the teacher and did not say if he was stil...

FALL RIVER — If there’s one word that could sum up the past year in Fall River area schools, it’s "unprecedented." Last March, schools in districts throughout Greater Fall River went remote in accordance with Gov. Charlie Baker’s shutdown orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students and teachers tackled new challenges as remote learning came into play for the remainder of the school year. Proms were canceled, graduations were postponed until mid summer and the community came together to celebrate graduates by posting signs on their lawns and donating to collections for special pr...

New COVID-19 protocols such as seating charts and close proximity contact tracing have been established since the return to hybrid model as of Nov. 30. After an evaluation of the COVID protocols at Staples, the Westport/Weston Health district and  medical advisor Dr. Norman Weinberger, the policy for contact tracing has been modified to only quarantine students in close proximity to positive cases. To have an accurate model of which students are close to one another, teachers are making seating charts that can be used if a student were to contract COVID-19. “We intend to take a more precis...