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Some schools seeking a delay to full-time, in-person classes
April 8, 2021
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) More than 20 New Hampshire school districts have asked the state if they can delay returning to full-time, in person instruction that s mandated to start April 19.
At least one school district, Monadnock Regional School District, decided it was going to stick with its original target of May 3, WMUR-TV reported.
In Manchester, the district applied for a waiver, citing vaccine concerns for staff members and teachers and invoking federal requirements.
“A lot of our employees have (Americans with Disabilities Act) accommodations under federal guidelines,” Manchester Superintendent John Goldhardt said. “They are not allowed to come back until they’ve had their vaccination and have full immunity.”
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Some school districts say they need more time to fully reopen than they have under the April 19 deadline Gov. Chris Sununu has set. They point to teacher vaccination timelines, understaffing, and inability to social distance on buses and in some classrooms as the major hurtles to a full return.
After Sununu’s executive order, the Monadnock Regional School District school board voted to stick with their original plan to reopen fully on May 3.
In a letter to Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, the board chairman wrote: “We cannot in good conscience place our partially vaccinated non-fully protected employees in situations where we know less than three feet of distancing is likely.
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