Within the next month, Massachusetts schools will begin a new weekly pool testing program to screen students and staff for COVID-19, according to Governor Baker on Friday.
The four small schools in the North Berkshire School Union went back to the classroom as of today, even as some larger school districts are planning a remote learning quarantine for the first weeks of the new year.
Superintendent John Franzoni said,
"We haven't had any positive cases for anybody that works or goes to school in our district, so we're very happy with that, on Wednesday...
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Schools that are teaching online during the pandemic will be required to give every student at least some live interaction with a teacher every day under new rules approved Tuesday by Massachusetts officials.
With increases in COVID-19 cases here in Berkshires County saw a dramatic one-day increase in COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with the confirmed count rising 42, the biggest jump in months. We have heard of new cases popping up in schools & restaurants too.
Massachusetts officials on Friday urged more schools to return to full, in-person instruction, saying that only communities with the highest COVID-19 rates should be using any form of remote learning.