Tremblay told the Board of Health this week that a waiver will likely be necessary for urban districts like Framingham that just started sending kids back hybrid and will need more time to figure out spacing requirements and union agreements. Certainly, in Framingham schools, we can t fit all of our elementary students back at six feet, and we have an agreement with the Framingham Teachers Association that provides just that restriction, Tremblay said to the Board of Health during its March 8 meeting.
Framingham students who spoke with NBC10 Boston understand the administration s hesitancy to send all students back so suddenly.
FRAMINGHAM Superintendent of Schools Robert Tremblay said during Monday s Board of Health meeting that returning all elementary students to full in-person learning while maintaining 6 feet of distance would be impossible. We can t fit all of our elementary students back at 6 feet, he said. We have an agreement with the Framingham Teachers Association that provides for just that restriction.
Tremblay said a study that shows that the difference between 6 feet of distancing versus 3 feet is negligible is expected to be published soon, and requested that interim Public Health Director Alexandra DePalo examine it and give the district guidance.
State guidelines call for 3 feet of distance.
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Framingham School Committee to urge state to prioritize high school seniors for COVID-19 vaccine
FRAMINGHAM The School Committee is asking the state to prioritize high school seniors for the COVID-19 vaccine.
During a recent meeting, the board discussed a resolution requesting that Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and the Massachusetts COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Group take steps to prioritize the Class of 2021 to get shots. The resolution asked that this consideration be made when and if additional dosages become available beyond the current Phase II plan.
The resolution says the move would allow high school seniors to resume in-person learning safely, noting that much of their final year has been disrupted by the pandemic.
Local superintendents, union presidents urge Baker to reclassify educators for COVID-19 vaccinations
Local superintendents and union presidents are urging Gov. Charlie Baker to reclassify educators and make them eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations during the earlier part of Phase Two.
In a letter to the governor dated Monday, the Tri-County Superintendents Roundtable, a professional association comprised of school districts and special education collaboratives, outlined the basis of their request, noting that the state is encouraging more in-person learning and that vaccinations would help facilitate that. Given the societal need for in-person public school not just public school via Zoom and the expectations set by your office and DESE, educators should be vaccinated immediately and without delay so that they can perform their duties safely and securely and without fear for their own lives and the lives of their own families by simply coming to work, the letter read