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Mastery Charter School (Courtesy of Jasmine Alston photography)
School administrators across the Philadelphia area are moving forward with plans to provide coronavirus testing to students and staff a step seen by many as essential for in-person learning to proceed safely.
The planning comes as a surge of coronavirus cases have compelled the School District of Philadelphia to delay bringing some students back to the classroom, and forced other schools in the region to suspend in-person learning.
Mastery Charter which runs 26 schools with more than 14,000 students in Philadelphia and Camden announced Thursday that it would provide free weekly coronavirus tests to all students and staff who want them, whenever in-person education resumes.