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“At this point, we do not know if it is feasible,” Mashpee School Superintendent Patricia DeBoer said.
While K-3 students in Mashpee already attend school in-person 100% of the time, students in grades 4-12 attend school in a hybrid model that alternates between in-person and remote instruction.
There are many factors that have to be considered before returning students to an in-person schedule five days a week, including whether to stagger their return and how to arrange the spacing of desks, transportation, personnel needs and lunch and recess schedules, DeBoer said.
There’s also concern that spread of the virus and the need for contact tracing will increase if students are spaced closer than 6 feet apart, DeBoer said in an email.
Following an increase in positive COVID-19 cases in the region, some school districts on the Cape are pivoting to remote learning only next week.
The Barnstable, Bourne, Dennis-Yarmouth, Sandwich and Falmouth public schools, as well as Sturgis Charter Public School, will move to a fully remote learning model the week of Jan. 4 to Jan. 8.
The one-week period of remote learning allows for a post-holiday quarantine period, Barnstable School Superintendent Meg Mayo-Brown said in a statement Wednesday. Barnstable schools also temporarily moved to remote learning after the Thanksgiving break.
The district will return to in-person learning on Jan. 7, while students enrolled in the NECC, ILC, ECELC and Transitions/Foundations programs at the high school will return to in-person classes Jan. 8.
WHO REPRESENTS SANDWICH?
Washington D.C. 20510
Medford MA 02155
Washington D.C. 20510
Hyannis MA 02601
steven.xiarhos@mahouse.gov
IN SANDWICH
The municipal form of government for Sandwich consists of a Town Meeting open to all voters and held annually
on the first Monday of May; a Board of Selectmen, elected by and accountable to the people; and a Town Administrator, appointed by and accountable to the Board of Selectmen for proper administration of the affairs of the Town. Sandwich town government is comprised of 22 departments, with about 150 full-time employees
and various Boards and Committees that provide a wide range of services, from public safety to recreation,