Basically, message of stateâs reopening plan is: Have fun (good luck)
Updated March 2, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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A couple at a restaurant on Newbury Street on Feb. 23 have the patio all to themselves during lunchtime on a warmer winter day.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Re âSports venues, theaters can open: Governor to allow small crowds within weeks, ease up on restaurantsâ (Page A1, Feb. 26): Governor Bakerâs announcement that restaurants will no longer have capacity limits, and that gyms, arcades, offices, and indoor performance spaces can open at half capacity, is a message to Massachusetts residents: You are on your own. If you believe a bout with COVID-19 would not hurt you, go have fun. And if you have risk factors, protection from inevitably thickening viral clouds swirling outward from those around you is your personal problem.
MCAS this year? OK, question 1: Why . . . just, why?
Updated February 19, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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We donât need an assessment to see what schools, students are missing
Re âMassachusetts needs to test students to diagnose COVID-19 learning slideâ (Editorial, Feb. 17): Once again, the Globe aligns with the commissioner of education in the mandating of testing as a way to advance education. I have a few test questions of my own:
Might the education community already be aware that the pandemic has exacerbated existing socioeconomic and racial achievement gaps? Do schools need tests to âdiagnose any learning deficitsâ and decide how to use federal money? The editorial says, âPerhaps the results will only reinforce the obvious.â Anyone with the common sense of a middle school student would conclude that.
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