Masking will be a key strategy in returning to school safely amid the continued presence of COVID-19 and its delta variant, said a pair of Duke University pediatrics professors who also stressed the importance of enforcing and adhering to mask policies.
Dr. Danny Benjamin, chair of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Developmentâs Pediatric Trials Network, compared enforcing mask-wearing in schools to giving a child medicine to treat strep throat.
âIt will do you no good if you pour it into the childâs mouth and the child promptly spits it out,â he said in a Duke University-hosted media briefing Wednesday on navigating the return to school. âI prescribed amoxicillin, but itâs not going to solve your problem, and the same thing is I think what we are going to see if school districts struggle a little bit with some increased clusters and some secondary transmission.â
Mask debate heats up ahead of school reopenings in Quincy, statewide
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Amherst, regional school boards seek contract mediation after pushback on paraeducator pay
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Amherst, regional school boards seek contract mediation after pushback on paraeducator pay
Published: 7/11/2021 8:09:38 PM
AMHERST The Amherst and Amherst-Pelham Regional school committees are seeking mediation to reach a new contract with the union representing teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff in the district.
Mediation is being pursued following the expiration of the previous contract on June 30 and after a failure to make progress toward an agreement on wages and salary increases with the Amherst Pelham Education Association, according to Allison McDonald, chairwoman of both committees.
“Our groups have met multiple times but have not been able to make progress toward an agreement, and the Regional School Committee made the decision on Thursday, July 1, to seek mediation,” McDonald wrote in a letter published in the Gazette.