Amherst superintendent: Safer to help high-needs students at school than at home
Amherst School Superintendent Michael Morris speaks Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 during a special Amherst Town Meeting held for a revote of the proposed 67.2 million school project. It failed again.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Amherst school officials are being advised by the town’s health director that moving in-person services for high-needs students to school buildings would be safer than delivering those services at home.
Superintendent Michael Morris informed the Amherst Pelham Regional School Committee last week that Health Director Emma Dragon suggested that these high-needs students would be at less risk of COVID-19 spread and exposure if brought back to a classroom.