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Although all students in kindergarten through grade 12 have returned to full in-person learning since May 17, experts say students have lost an immeasurable amount of learning time in the past year-and-a-half due to hybrid and remote learning. While school routines may seem as normal as they can be for now, schools and districts are working hard to make sure students have the option to receive extra instruction during the summer. Summer programming in New Bedford
The New Bedford public school district will be holding summer programming at the elementary, middle and high school levels throughout the month of July. Academic support will be offered in the morning with a health and wellness focus in the afternoon. Remote academic support will be available for extenuating circumstances. Superintendent Thomas Anderson anticipates getting students outside as much as possible for afternoon activities and possibly even academic lessons, moving the classroom to an outdoors setting.
BOSTON â With nearly every public school in Massachusetts again offering full-time in-person learning as the second school year shaded by the coronavirus pandemic winds down, state education officials are making plans to ensure that kids aren t falling behind.
Meanwhile, some parents are concerned about the impacts mandated masking and other COVID-19 restrictions have on students wellness.
Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said Tuesday that all elementary and middle schools in Massachusetts are now offering full-time in-person learning and 99 percent of high schools met his deadline of May 17 to do the same. In March, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to give Riley the authority to decide when full and partial remote schooling would no longer count toward student learning time requirements amid the administration s push to get more kids back into classrooms.
Colin A. Young
State House News Service
BOSTON With nearly every public school in Massachusetts again offering full-time in-person learning, state education officials on Tuesday say they would offer a roadmap for future academic success, even as some parents remain worried about the impacts that mandated masking and other COVID-19 restrictions have on students wellness.
Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said Tuesday that all elementary and middle schools in Massachusetts are now offering full-time in-person learning and 99% of high schools met his deadline of May 17 to do the same. I know that this was a split vote when the vote was taken in March to grant me the authority and we ll be voting on a final vote later, but I do think at this time that we made the right decision to move forward, Riley said.
School board to weigh busing options
Whether or not to continue no-bus zones and add a route to the YMCA is up for debate leading up to a request for bids. Written By: Leah Ward | ×
District 518 s administration building in Worthington.
WORTHINGTON As District 518 s busing contract reaches an end, board members will need to decide whether to write a new contract including no-bus zones and consider adding activity routes before requesting new transportation bids.
The school board operations committee made up of board members Joel Lorenz, Mike Harberts and Steve Schneider spent about 30 minutes Tuesday discussing the complex logistics. Dave Skog, the district s director of business management, explained that Bud s Bus Service, the district s current contractor, has consistently asked for no-bus zones due to a shortage of bus drivers. The board implemented them this school year in an effort to reduce the number of kids on each bus during the COV