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State sneers that Curley shutdown is school's own fault, but will be gracious and not totally screw kids by forcing them to make up all the closure days with extra in-school classes
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“without getting final permission from the state”
JFC. Does BPS need to get “final permission from the state” to evacuate a school if it’s on fire?
Micromanage much?
Permission needed to shut down
Massachusetts public school pupils are entitled to 180 days of school. BPS can shut down, but it’s DESE’s call if they count the in-person days lost to the shutdown against the 180 days.
Like snow days. BPS can call a snow day without asking for permission, but they have to then add another day to make up for it.
"Massachusetts public school pupils are entitled"
You could have ended it right there. Now Get Off My Lawn!
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Stop it a Covid outbreak isn
Stop it a Covid outbreak isn't a fire and isn't managed like one. A phone call could have easily been made.
BPS Failure
BPS screwed this one up. They knew that had a rapid rise in cases there. They didn't inform parents of the scale of this even though they knew a week before shutting the school down. The superintendent admitted BPS doesn't have the capacity to test and trace to keep the kids safe. How that wasn't worked out beforehand I'll never understand. Riley is a stooge but he's more right than wrong on this one.
Eh...
BPS does have some fault, but Riley has a LOT more fault here than not- they forced every district to take remote learning off the table, whether there was the ability to test and trace or not. They knew there was no way to keep staff and students safe on the scale needed without remote learning options, but they didn't allow any leeway for districts or even give proper direction on what to do in these situations. I guarantee you BPS isn't the only district with outbreaks like this, but rather than step up and close, most are straight up lying to parents and staff since they don't have a back up plan if there's an outbreak. I know of at least three schools in different districts with multiple cases while the 'official' case count remains at zero for the school. Riley and Baker do not give a rat's behind if there are outbreaks, they just want the appearance that everything is back to normal.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one…
So Brenda Casellius announced a knee-jerk decision without thinking it through or discussing it with the appropriate stakeholders and now BPS kids and families are paying the price? I’m shocked!
This is the same Massachusetts that..
Neglected to make use of the safe routes to school program and it's resources that were being offered at the beginning of the pandemic and they still haven't leveraged the proper resources thereto. So for all intent and purposes the Massachusetts department of education CAN SUCK IT because all of last year they never consulted with this free resources offered by the federal gov and MASSDOT, choosing instead to make an ineffectual task force.