‘Like A Huge Jigsaw Puzzle’: School Leaders Struggle To Make Reopening Plans
By Carrie Jung on June 10, 2020
Here’s one thing that’s certain about the new school year: in-person learning is going to look a lot different. Face masks will be the new norm, same with hand sanitizer. Class sizes will likely be smaller. For summer school no more than 10 kids are allowed in each room.
“It’s like a huge jigsaw puzzle,” said Robert Tremblay the superintendent at Framingham Public Schools. “We’re not equipped to have six foot space between desks and we don’t have staffing to have class sizes limited.”
Tremblay has been trying to put the pieces of this puzzle together for about the last month. The process has been frustrating and he’s starting to face pressure from parents.
“We don’t have the answers and we’re just keeping them to ourselves. We simply don’t have the answers because we’re working literally in the dark here,” Tremblay added.
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