Covid-19: See How Your Town Is Planning To Reopen Schools

With the Friday, Aug. 14, deadline to submit final school reopening plans looming large over many Massachusetts School Committees, a dozen or so districts in Western Massachusetts and Worcester County have figured it out.

Faced with COVID-19 challenges, school districts are, mostly, choosing among three plans: remote education, in-class education, or a hybrid of in-class and remote learning.
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Kristin Palpini

08/12/2020 11:09 a.m.

Faced with COVID-19 challenges, school districts are, mostly, choosing among three plans: remote education, in-class education, or a hybrid of in-class and remote learning.

Districts also need to consider when the first day of school will be; Massachusetts is allowing schools to choose when to start - with Sept. 16 being the latest date possible. Typically, Massachusetts schools would open around Sept. 1.

Ultimately, it is up to parents and guardians whether their students will return to in-class education in the fall. The Massachusets Commissioner of Education has said that regardless of the plan a school district comes up with, parents can choose remote learning for their children.

Here are the Worcester County school districts that have approved plans and, when available, the start dates for the fall. (If your school district has finalized a plan and it's not listed here, send a note to kpalpini@dailyvoice.com.):

Ashburnham-Westminster - Hybrid; high school full remote. START: Sept. 14

Athol-Royalston: Parents can choose whether to send their students to school in-class or remotely

Berline-Boylston - Hybrid

Clinton - Hybrid. START Sept. 16

Fitchburg - Hybrid

Gardner - Remote. START Sept. 15

Hopedale - Hybrid

Shrewsbury - Hybrid

Winchendon - Hybrid.

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