Agawam High School students took down computer network in cyber attack, mayor says
Updated May 13, 2021;
Posted May 13, 2021
School officials believe that in addition to the primary suspect, other students were involved in the Agawam High School computer attack (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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AGAWAM High school students appear to be responsible for computer attacks that shut down remote learning and internet access at Agawam schools for several days over the past two weeks.
Mayor William P. Sapelli confirmed on Thursday that school staff had identified one teenager as a primary suspect. The high school student admitted responsibility, and the investigation has been turned over to the Police Department, he said.
More than 90 students will be redistricted into new elementary schools next year, part of an effort to equalize enrollment at the four schools. Parents with questions are invited to an online town hall meeting on Tuesday.
Agawam school board ‘excited’ for return to fully in-person classes
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
AGAWAM To all you students and teachers booting up the computer this morning for another day of online classes: “Hang in there, we’re almost done.”
That’s the message from Dawn Dube, who, along with all of her colleagues on the School Committee, said on Tuesday she is are “excited” to have all elementary school pupils returning to full-time in-person learning next month.
A state mandate from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is forcing all school districts in Massachusetts to retire their “hybrid” models adopted in response to the coronavirus pandemic and go back to the traditional schedule of in-person classes five days a week.
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(Undated) Massachusetts public health officials reported nearly 54-hundred new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The number of deaths rose by 77. Starting today, first responders in Massachusetts will begin to receive vaccinations. So far more than 140,000 doses of the vaccines have been administered throughout the state.
(Northampton, MA) In-person learning was to resume for Northampton students today, but that’s not happening. A rise in COVID cases in the community has led to a delay in students returning to school buildings. Instead, remote learning in Northampton will continue through January 19th.
(Agawam, MA) The Agawam Public School District is extending its remote learning plan through January 15. The move comes after Governor Baker began encouraging some schools to go back to hybrid learning. Students were supposed to be in a hy