Thousands of Boston’s neediest students remain in the dark about schools’ plans for fall
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Many mornings in this long pandemic summer, the small boy with shoulder-length braids would eye his backpack hanging on the door of his Roslindale bedroom and tell his mom, “I want to go to school.” And Micah Blackwood really meant it.
Micah, a 4-year-old with developmental delays, and his family have been waiting for Boston Public Schools to reopen — anticipating that the city will bring back the littlest learners with special needs for in-person instruction, even if no one else.
But with less than three weeks left before the start of school, huge questions remain about what the fall will look like for thousands of students like Blackwood, including when they will be able to return for in-person instruction and how extensive it will be.
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