After over a year learning in a mix of remote and in-person classrooms, Massachusetts high school students are returning to life as usual on May 17 when schools across the state reopen fully. Many students and their families are eager to leave pandemic schooling in the rearview mirror, but with the school year being nearly over, some are asking, “What’s the point?”
With just a month between the May 17 return date and the last day of school on June 18, we wanted to know what Boston.com readers thought about this quick turnaround, and it turns out they are split down the middle on the issue. Whether they were in support of the reopening or not, though, they felt very strongly about their position.
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By State House News Service
Gov. Charlie Baker wants to more than quadruple annual funding for an initiative to train 20,000 new workers in high-demand trades, but House Democratic leaders this week showed little appetite for the expansion.
Baker proposed directing $16.9 million to the Career Technical Initiative program in his fiscal year 2022 budget, a boost that he and his deputies said would accelerate economic recovery and help close unemployment gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. But the House did not incorporate that funding in the budget it passed early Thursday morning.
During a Thursday tour of Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School, Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and cabinet secretaries said greater investment in vocational and technical education opportunities is even more necessary now than when they launched the CTI program in January 2020 because of COVID-19 s impact.
BOSTON Gov. Charlie Baker wants to more than quadruple annual funding for an initiative to train 20,000 new workers in high-demand trades, but House Democratic leaders this week showed little appetite for the expansion.
Baker proposed directing $16.9 million to the Career Technical Initiative program in his fiscal year 2022 budget, a boost that he and his deputies said would accelerate economic recovery and help close unemployment gaps exacerbated by the pandemic.
But the House did not incorporate that funding in the budget it passed early Thursday morning.
During a Thursday tour of Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School in Danvers, Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and cabinet secretaries, said greater investment in vocational and technical education opportunities is even more necessary now than when they launched the CTI program in January 2020 because of COVID-19 s impact.
FRAMINGHAM At Stapleton Elementary School in Framingham, April 5 looked a lot like early September.
Principal Brenda Maurao was in front of the school with other staff members, preparing to welcome students back as the school began to offer full in-person learning five days a week.
The move comes after state Education Commissioner Jeff Riley was granted authority from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to force schools to offer full in-person learning. He can also determine when partial and full-time remote learning counts toward student learning time requirements.
The state estimates that about 90% of districts are transitioning their elementary schools back to full in-person learning five days a week. Families still retain the right to keep their children fully remote through the end of this academic school year.