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Laura Perille, former Boston school superintendent and now CEO of Nutury, receives a COVID test at the Greater Roslindale Health and Dental Center in November. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
When state leaders announced that they would be making widespread pooled coronavirus testing available to public schools, many child care providers and after school program directors were frustrated that they were left out.
Many had been caring for children throughout the pandemic as emergency child care providers reopened before most public schools. After school programs had transformed their spaces into remote learning centers to support students who needed to
log on to their virtual classrooms.