Gov. Charlie Baker encourages more Massachusetts schools to partake in pooled COVID testing while touring Newburyport middle school
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker tours a pooled COVID-19 testing program during a visit to the Nock-Molin Middle School in Newburyport, Massachusetts. (Staff photo by Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)BH
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At a school in Newburyport Friday morning, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker touted a COVID-19 pooled testing program as a major component of how education moves forward during the ongoing pandemic.
Baker was touring the Nock-Molin Middle School in Newburyport with Secretary of Education James Peyser, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley and Newburyport Mayor Donna D. Holaday.
Watch: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to speak Friday on return to in-person learning
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and two of the state’s top education officials will visit a middle school Friday as they push to see more schools shift away from remote or hybrid learning.
Baker will be joined by Secretary of Education James Peyser, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley and Newburyport Mayor Donna D. Holaday in a tour of Nock-Molin Middle School in Newburyport, which offers in-person learning.
Students at the middle school participate in a pooled COVID-19 testing program.
While at the school, Baker, Peyser and Riley will speak to reporters. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 8:30 and can be watched via livestream below.
During the final hours of the legislative session, the Massachusetts House and Senate enacted, An Act promoting awareness of sewage pollution in public waters.
The bill now sits on Gov. Charles Baker’s desk, where he has 10 days after the bill’s enactment to sign it.
This is an important step in protecting public health, our state’s water quality, and upgrading outdated water infrastructure. H.4921, sponsored by Rep. Linda Dean Campbell (D-Methuen), Sen. Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville), and Rep. Denise Provost (D-Somerville), will require water suppliers to establish a public notification system to let Massachusetts residents know when there’s been a sewage discharge in their area. Up until now, residents had no way to know when sewage was present in their local waterways, running the risk of unknowingly coming in contact with harmful bacteria and toxins that could cause serious health impacts. Increasing awareness about archaic infrastructure is the first step in the long journe