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Despite high ongoing COVID-19 infection rates across the city, Boston Public Schools and other districts across Massachusetts have been forcing teachers and students back to school.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley originally mandated all elementary students and teachers return to school starting April 5, with support from Governor Charlie Baker. After pushback from educators, BPS was granted a waiver to start in-person learning on April 26.
Boston teachers and staff have been faced with the constant threat of schools reopening under dangerous conditions throughout the past year. Liberation News spoke to members of the Boston Teachers Union about their struggle through the pandemic to this point, and their ongoing concerns as Massachusetts approaches reopening.