WORCESTER – Hundreds of students signed up for the city’s first at-school COVID-19 vaccine clinic Tuesday, where some hoped to protect family members, give themselves peace of mind and help ensure there will be no more mandatory remote learning this fall.
According to school officials, around 260 students had enrolled for the event, which was hosted at Worcester Technical High School – nearly one-fifth of the school’s population. Another two clinics are scheduled for Wednesday at North High School and South High Community School, followed by ones Thursday at Doherty Memorial High School, Claremont Academy and University Park Campus School, and one more Friday at Burncoat High School.
Data shows a racial demographic divide among Worcester students returning to in-person learning
Updated May 03, 2021;
A slight demographic divide remains among Worcester Public Schools pre-K-8 students who have opted for in-person learning and those who have opted out, a new briefing from the Worcester Regional Research Bureau reveals.
Worcester Public Schools resumed full in-person learning for all pre-K-8 students Monday. Out of the district’s 16,393 students in elementary, middle and alternative programs, 11,329 students, or 69%, opted to return to in-person learning while 4,541 students, or 28%, chose to stay in remote learning. There were 523 families, or 3%, who did not respond.
When the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced that districts would be required to offer fully in-person instruction for K-5 students by April 5 and for grade 6-8 students by April 28, Worcester applied for and received a waiver to delay its full-time return to May 3 fo
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Thu is a proud Vietnamese refugee, an artist, a youth worker, and the first non-binary candidate for Worcester City Council At-Large.
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WORCESTER Mayor Joseph M. Petty said Thursday that spring is a time of celebration and renewal, and said the increasing supply of COVID-19 vaccinations is giving people some sense of seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
But he cautioned that we re not quite there yet, and the city s virus and vaccination numbers this week reflected a mix of unease and optimism.
At Thursday s weekly briefing at City Hall, City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. confirmed another 359 cases of the virus for a total of 22,370 since the start of the pandemic.
Augustus said that represents an increase of 48 cases over last week s numbers, adding that he hopes it s a blip and not a trend.
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