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Technical high schools adapt to COVID’s immense challenge
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
Posted Feb 16, 2021
1/21/2921 -Westfield- Students at work in Westfield Technical Academy s auto repair shop. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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The vocational director at Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy says the last 11 months have been difficult, but could have been worse.
“Some districts were caught (unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic). They planned for hybrid last summer and then had to go back to full remote,” said Joao Alves, who supervises the training of 1,300 vocational students in Springfield.
Those students have been learning remotely since September, and having their education delivered much differently than they’d anticipated. ....

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