Framingham superintendent Tremblay responds to teachers union s list of opening demands
FRAMINGHAM – Superintendent of Schools Robert Tremblay and the Framingham Teachers Association are at odds over the reopening of school.
The back-and-forth began on Monday, when Illana Wyner, the union s public relations chairwoman, released a letter to the superintendent and the School Committee that outlined a list of reopening demands. The list was decided upon during a Monday meeting. A majority of the 447 attendees supported the requests.
A slightly different letter was also sent to media outlets. That one included Google survey results on reopening that garnered 552 responses. Eighty-seven percent of respondents indicated that student learning is better in-person under typical conditions. But, 77% of respondents said that the level of COVID in the community was their greatest concern about returning to the building.
In Framingham, new tools to limit the spread of COVID-19 in schools
FRAMINGHAM Framingham schools will offer free voluntary COVID-19 PCR testing for in-person staff beginning this month, according to a school announcement.
Weekly testing will be available to teachers and other educators or staff members who are coming into school buildings. In a School Committee meeting, Superintendent of Schools Robert Tremblay said the increased testing will help give teachers and families more confidence. People who are in our schools every day will have this opportunity to do this COVID testing, he said. It will give us a real indication as to whether or not we are seeing any in-school transmission.