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Additional Guidance on Reopening and FAQs

On Friday, July 10, 2020, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released an On The Desktop message with additional guidance on Fall Reopening Plans. The Initial Reopening Guidance issued on June 25, 2020 provided that districts' plans would be due in August. The revised guidance sets the due dates for districts to submit [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2020-07-12T08:11:50-04:00July 12th, 2020|Categories: Blog, COVID-19, Education|Tags: Commissioner, COVID-19, DESE, FAQs, reopening, school|

Initial Fall Reopening Guidance

[Message from Commissioner's Weekly Update, June 29, 2020] On Thursday, June 25, DESE released initial fall school reopening guidance [download] following weeks of collaboration with stakeholders and the medical community. The guidance calls for schools to reopen this fall while meeting safety requirements, including the use of masks for all but the youngest students and [...]

Norris, Murray & Peloquin, LLC2020-07-02T08:33:44-04:00June 25th, 2020|Categories: Blog, COVID-19, Education|Tags: Commissioner, COVID-19, DESE, reopening, schools|