With COVID-19 infection rates below 1% in most Massachusetts towns, many parents wonder why can’t schools open full time
Across Massachusetts, heated debates over school reopenings have dominated the summer and often are unfolding in communities where active COVID-19 cases are nearly nonexistent. The rate of residents testing positive for COVID-19 over the past two weeks was less than 1 percent in more than half of the state’s cities and towns. Yet very few districts have indicated they will reopen schools to all students full time, five days a week.

Instead, districts are gravitating toward part-time in-person schooling or starting the year remotely for all or the vast majority of students, including communities with low infection rates, such as Dedham, Somerville, and Wayland.


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