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Districts and schools using a hybrid model will have to provide at least 35 hours of live instruction a combination of in-person and synchronous remote teaching over a 10-school day period.
Elementary and Secondary Commissioner Jeffrey Riley said the new regulations are aimed at addressing the isolation and disconnection caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that are driving a youth mental health crisis.
The amendments were approved Dec. 15 by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on an emergency basis, and Riley said he plans to bring them back to the board for final adoption in February after a public comment period.
Swampscott opens investigation into BLM activist s arrest
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The Swampscott Police Department will carry out an independent, internal investigation into the mid-December arrest of a Black Lives Matter protester, officials announced on Thursday.
Police Chief Ronald Madigan ordered this investigation in light of new information that officials said was recently provided to the Police Department.
The investigation will review the events that led to the arrest of Ernest Jean-Jacques during a Trump rally on Dec. 12. On that day, Jean-Jacques who was part of a counter Black Lives Matter contingent was arrested by Swampscott Police, accused of punching 80-year-old Linda Greenberg of Swampscott. He’s been charged with assault and battery on a person over 60 years old.
In Swampscott, activist s arrest gets push-back from community
Public demands an investigation into what happened
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Concerned citizens angered over the arrest of a Black civil rights activist at a recent Trump rally in Swampscott met with the town’s police chief, Ronald Madigan, on Friday Dec. 18, demanding an investigation into what led to the arrest.
“We’re astonished that the police took these actions, which seem clearly racially driven,” said Swampscott resident Stephanie Tucker. “In all of the videos we’ve seen, it is not at all apparent that the gentleman punched anyone.”