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Andover High School is required to return to full-time in-person learning May 17 unless the district applies for and is granted a waiver by the state. (Dave Copeland/Patch)
ANDOVER, MA District officials plan to return Andover High School to full-time in-person learning by the May 17 state deadline, they said Wednesday.
State officials announced Tuesday that districts would have to request a waiver by May 10 if they wanted hybrid learning models to count toward learning time requirements.
Andover officials had previously prepared to request a waiver from the state, but that is no longer the plan, interim Superintendent Claudia Bach and Andover High Principal Caitlin Brown said in a statement first obtained by the Andover Townsman.
Pandemic issues make September new goal
By Madeline Hughes mhughes@andovertownsman.com Apr 22, 2021
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Because of space issues at Andover High, it s unlikely students will return to classrooms full time this spring, school officials said.
They said the pandemic s social-distancing rules prevent the school s classrooms from providing the space needed for all students to return full time. Groups of students now attend the school on alternate days under the hybrid learning method. They learn remotely online from home on days they don t go to school.
Janet Nicosia, director of facilities for the school district, said officials are hoping social-distancing rules are relaxed by the start of the next school year. That would allow students desks to be placed closer together and classrooms to hold more children.
By Madeline Hughes mhughes@andovertownsman.com Apr 13, 2021
Courtesy photoMagda Parvey was chosen to be the next superintendent for Andover schools.
Andover s School Committee has chosen Magda Parvey to lead the district as superintendent come July 1.
Parvey will replace interim Superintendent Claudia Bach, whose contract with the district ends in June. Bach temporarily replaced Superintendent Sheldon Berman, who resigned at the end of 2020 for personal reasons.
The committee overwhelmingly chose Parvey in a 5-0 vote Monday night. Through a rigorous interview process, Dr. Parvey shared her vision of collaborative leadership and her deep commitment to student-centric decisions, the committee wrote in a statement. She is intent on promoting a culture of continuous learning, positive and professional engagement, and open communication.
It s unlikely Andover High School students will return to full in-person learning this year.
Assistant Superintendent Sandra Trach told the School Committee Thursday that district officials were preparing a waiver to ask the state if high school students will be mandated to go back before the end of the year.
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has mandated elementary students return five days a week starting Monday, April 5 and middle school students return Wednesday, April 28. Andover officials are on target to meet those deadlines, Superintendent Claudia Bach said.Â
The largest issue with returning all Andover students to classrooms full-time comes from the already overcrowded high school. The school was built in the 1960s with the intended maximum capacity of 1,500 students. However, there are about 1,800 students currently enrolled.