Despite COVID-19, some say it s time to go back to school. Others respond not so fast.
“It’s 100% the right time to go back in the classroom,” she said.
Infection numbers are low for school-aged children, Bello said. Plus, remote learning is “taking a toll on kids.”
Bello’s mother, Nicole Lombardi, said that is the case for her daughter.
“It’s scary,” Lombardi said of emotional impacts on students from remote learning, especially for students who don’t have proper support at home.
Since last June, state education leaders have pushed school districts to safely get as many students back into classrooms as possible. Many districts have turned to hybrid learning, which puts half of a school s total number of students inside the building at a time, while the other half learns remotely. The two groups switch places weekly.
Community Content
Thank you to the following individuals and organizations:
• In honor of Justin Bailey, the Natick High School hockey team hosted a food drive and fundraiser. Each year, several seniors plan and execute the fundraiser to honor Justin’s memory. This year, the NHS hockey team picked up food donations at 65 Natick homes to bring to the pantry totaling almost 3,000 pounds of food!
• In honor of MLK Day, the Natick Democratic Town Committee sponsored a National Day of Service food drive. They collected almost 1,000 pounds of food. A special thank you to NDTC members Neil Glickman, Karen Schlosberg, Bob Awkward, Julie Gordon, Craig Bystrynski and Heidi Larson, and Carol Gloff for volunteering.
NATICK – Daniel Zogby delicately transported theater sets to his car for safe keeping. They weren’t full-sized sets, like those seen in high school auditoriums the night the curtain goes up.
They were mini-sets, made by Zogby and his fellow theater students at Natick High School. The school s theater program used the mini-sets in a virtual theater performance during the coronavirus pandemic, and they will be one of the stars of the show in the upcoming “Redhawk Winter Walk.
Set for Jan. 25–31, the walk – “Redhawk” is the Natick High mascot - will showcase creative works made by Natick High students in downtown stores, including paintings, ceramics and mini-sets.