Committee member Jose Constantine pointed to some dire national statistics about the effect of teaching in a remote or hybrid model and asked whether the Lanesborough-Williamstown schools were seeing similar consequences from the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the major decision from the committee's last 2020 meeting was a move to address perceived physical education and co-curricular needs, students' academic needs consumed more time during the 4 1/2-hour public portion of the virtual session.
"There is some data out there that suggests our K-2, K-3, early learners could be 22 months behind where they should be," he said. "It's not that the pandemic has stalled their learning. They may have even regressed.