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According to a presentation by Project Manager Jake Eberwein on the potential merger timeline at the Eight Town Regional School District Planning Board meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 4, the merger process would take at least two fiscal years; the earliest the newly merged school district could operate is July 2025.
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Acushnet: 0 students, 0 staff
Dartmouth: 0 students, 0 staff
Fairhaven: 0 students, 0 staff
New Bedford: 8 students, 2 staff
District total: 372 students, 29 staff
All cases, both student and staff, continue to plummet at both local and state levels. As of May 17, all students grades kindergarten through 12 have returned to in-person learning, as required by Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley. Even with an influx of students in the building, reported cases remain low.
Dartmouth has escaped a yellow designation and is back in the green, joining many other cities and towns across the commonwealth. Acushnet and Fairhaven remain yellow-designated towns, or moderate risk. New Bedford is one of two red-designated or high risk communities in the state with a 4.3% positivity rate; the other is Lawrence with a 4.46% positivity rate.