Madison Czopek Mar 11, 2021
Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood presents plans for the upcoming return to in-person classes five days a week for all students.
Shaver-Hood presents plans for the upcoming return to in-person classes five days a week for all students.
Shaver-Hood shares initial responses to the parent survey, which were gathered between roughly 2 p.m. March 10 (when the letter with the link was sent to parents) and 10 a.m. March 11.
In accordance with recent state guidance, Wareham Public Schools will bring its Middle School students back for in-person instruction five days a week on or before Wednesday, April 28. Due to transportation limitations, the district will bring its High School students back at the same time as its Middle School students.
More than 300 days have passed since public schools in Massachusetts had to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, resorting instead to remote or hybrid learning programs that have proved inferior for many students. Yet, at least in Massachusetts, there isn’t reliable data to assess the stunted progress and outright learning loss that many students have experienced during this time.
That’s why the announcement last month that a modified version of the MCAS will be administered this year is welcome. Although the MCAS is typically a graduation requirement for individual students and a way of measuring the performance of districts, it won’t serve either of those purposes this year. Instead, state Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley told the Globe the test is needed this year to diagnose any learning deficits. “Right now we are hypothesizing that students learning exclusively remotely are probably going to have more gaps than students who are in-person (full time) or in hybr
Melrose moves ahead with student, staff COVID testing
Christina Rasmussen / melrose@wickedlocal.com
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Gov. Charlie Baker and Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley recently announced weekly coronavirus testing for all public schools in an effort to get more students and teachers physically back in class.
The state will pay for the first six weeks of the program.
This comes after Melrose Public Schools opted for a remote week coming back from winter break while the COVID-19 testing program was in effect for students and staff learning in the hybrid model. It also comes after the teachers union and School Committee urged Melrose Public Schools to come up with a routine surveillance testing beyond the four-day drive thru testing clinic.