Thousands of Boston students return to full-time, in-person learning for first time since March 2020 By Felicia Gans Globe Staff,Updated April 26, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend From left: second-grader Ku Swaray crossed the street with her twin sisters, Miatta and Emma, who are both in first grade as they return to F. Lyman Winship Elementary School.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff More than 23,000 Boston Public Schools students are expected to return to full-time, in-person instruction Monday for the first time since the pandemic shuttered schools in March 2020 â a major milestone in the cityâs efforts to get students back to traditional school.