DOVER – Following Gov. Chris Sununu's executive order last week for schools to return to full-time in-person learning by April 19, the Dover School Board held a special meeting Monday night to discuss how the district will meet this new mandate.
Vice Chair Keith Holt asked Superintendent William Harbron if the school district will be able to comply with the order in time. Harbron replied, noting that after meetings with other district leaders and the New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, it is clear to him, "We don't have a choice."
This week, the district's elementary schools started their eighth week of full in-person learning, and Dover middle and high schools started their fifth week of being in a hybrid structure of remote and two-day in-person learning. The middle and high schools will fully move to five-day per week in-person learning on the mandated date of April 19.