Friday is the deadline for school districts across Massachusetts to submit their reopening plans.
REPORTER: IT HAS BEEN A MOVINGTARGET.THEY KEEP MOVING IT BACK BUTTODAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR THEMTO SUBMIT THEIR REOPENING PLANSTO THE STATE.AND THAT IS TRIGGERING SOME VERYDIFFICULT DECISIONS AS THEPANDEMIC CONTINUESWORCESTER MADE A DECISION A DAYAGO.THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOLDISTRICT IN THE STATE MADE THECALL TO BE ALL REMOTE AT LEASTUNTIL NOVEMBER.THEN STUDENTS WOULD RETURN IN AHYBRID MODEL WITH SPECIAL NEEDSKIDS GIVEN PRIORITY.THOUSANDS OF CHROMEBOOKS ANDWIFI HOTSPOTS HAVE NOW BEENORDERED.THESE TOUGH CALLS ARE SPARKINGHEATED DEBATE, INCLUDING FROMTEACHERS UNIONS, LIKE THE ONETHAT RALLIED IN BOSTON YESTERDAYCALLING FOR ALL SCHOOLS TO STARTREMOTE.
School districts are expecting virtual learning disruptions to happen and have plans to communicate with parents.
(Part 1 of 2) School districts are scrambling to insure the safe travel of children using buses even though social distancing..
