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Officials are looking for ways to ease traffic congestion around the new Saugus Middle-High School which has ramped up this week with the transition to five days of in-person instruction.
On Monday, parents turned to social media to vent frustration with long traffic backups they experienced during drop-off and pickup at the Saugus Middle-High School.
Board of Selectmen Chairman Anthony Cogliano said serious concerns have been raised about the traffic situation.
“It’s causing jams throughout the town, not just the high school,” Cogliano said.
Saugus Middle-High School Principal Michael Hashem outlined in a public notice that the administration and Saugus Police Department collaboratively determined to revise the traffic pattern for the school complex prior to the launch of full in-person learning.
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Superintendent of Schools Dr. David DeRuosi Jr. announced that grades kindergarten to five will transition to hybrid learning starting Feb. 25, with the Saugus Middle-High School commencing hybrid orientation on March 2.
DeRuosi said the plan is for cohort A in grades K-5 to start on a hybrid schedule that features a mix of in-person instruction and remote learning on Feb. 25. Cohort B will then hold its hybrid orientation program on Feb. 26.
Students in grades six to 12 will begin their hybrid orientation schedule on March 2, DeRuosi said.
A week of orientation is planned for all students who will be returning to in-person instruction, with high school students at the complex from 8-10:30 a.m. on their designated days and middle school students at the complex from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on their designated days.