TAUNTON In February, the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District instituted a new policy regarding webcams during remote learning. Children are now required to keep their cameras on during remote learning if the teacher so asks.
While some school community members think this change will positively impact students academic performance, others say they believe it could be detrimental to learning for some students.
D-R Superintendent Anthony Azar said one of the main reasons the district made the policy change was to make it easier for teachers to check on students social and emotional well-being. Being able to see them on the screen would tell tales of Are they in a good place? Have they been doing okay from a physicality standpoint, he said.
The Westport couple recently opened Green Jar Catering at 609 Locust St. not far from Ruggles Park.
Jay, a Fall River fire captain, and Carla, a 20-year veteran of the restaurant industry, said they bought the small building last November more than half a year after the Your Way breakfast and lunch restaurant, in the former Manila Jade, closed.
When they first came inside to look the place over a newspaper dated March 15 was lying on the counter.
The front-page story was about Gov. Charlie Baker ordering all restaurants and bars to close for at least three weeks, as a means of controlling the spread of COVID-19.
“He had a passion for serving the public,” Nichols said.
Borges lost a tough battle with COVID-19 on Thursday Christmas Eve, Nichols said.
The news hit the department hard, Nichols said. Borges, who had been with the department for the past 20 years, was beloved among his colleagues, Nichols said.
Nichols said Borges, who was 49, was a quiet, cheerful presence, who tended to work the midnight shift and was always willing to go out of his way to help others.
Borges would have been the first to volunteer to work a holiday shift, Nichols said.
In fact, Borges was on duty as recently as Thanksgiving.