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Worcester School Committee OKs backpacks during school day

Committee member Jermoh Kamara was the lone dissenter, citing safey.

Worcester School Committee OKs vaccination requirement for teachers, staff

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The School Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to require all staff and students to wear masks this upcoming school year.

Worcester School Committee backs Rights, Respect, Responsibility sex education program

WORCESTER  After hours of debate  and years of trying to get to this point  the School Committee on Thursday voted to implement a district-wide comprehensive sex education curriculum. In a 5-2 vote, the full committee approved a prior 2-1 vote by its Standing Committee on Teaching, Learning and Student Supports to go with a model called Rights, Respect, Responsibility. RRR was one of two curricula put forward by a panel of health educators earlier this year. Mayor Joseph Petty, the chairman, and members Molly McCullough, Laura Clancey, Tracy O’Connell Novick, and Jack Foley voted for the motion; Dianna Biancheria and John Monfredo were opposed.