Coronavirus News: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Another coronavirus variant linked to growing share of cases, several large outbreaks in California (The Washington Post)

After months of trauma, vaccinated health care workers welcome a surprising emotion: hope (The Washington Post)

When it comes to school COVID testing, finding asymptomatic cases doesn't come cheap (WBUR)

Massachusetts teachers want to move ahead in vaccination line (Commonwealth Magazine)

Massachusetts schools now enforcing new remote and hybrid time rules (WBZ 4)

Some western Mass students head back to the classroom for hybrid learning today (Western Mass News)

Chicopee moves testing center as students return to buildings (MassLive)

Leominster High School Theater Company continues performing, despite pandemic (Sentinel & Enterprise)

Triton Regional remaining remote until January 25 (Newburyport Daily News)

Councilors push Newton schools for expert medical panel to increase in-person learning (Newton TAB)

Attleboro area schools undertake difficult search for substitute teachers (The Sun Chronicle)

Coronavirus News: Friday, January 15, 2021

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229 cities and towns now at high risk of coronavirus transmission (Boston Herald)

Vaccine shipments slow; high risk communities rise (Commonwealth Magazine)

930 cases of coronavirus reported among staff and students at schools in the past week (Boston Herald)

523 students, 407 staffers positive for COVID-19 last week (MassLive)

Contact tracers swamped; some COVID-19 patients never got a call (WCAI)

Biden rolls out $1.9 trillion in relief (The Washington Post)

What's in Biden's $1.9 trillion plan (The Washington Post)

How the school transmission conversation became so muddled (NPR: On the Media)

Districts retreat to remote learning even as Biden calls for schools to reopen (EdWeek)

Complaints prompt federal investigation into Indiana on special education during the pandemic (Chalkbeat)

NYC teachers are now getting the vaccine; when will school return to normal? (Chalkbeat)

Breath of safer air ahead for Worcester schools (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Arizona youth suspected of Zoom-bombing Acton-Boxborough School Committee meeting (Boston Globe)

Lynn School Committee approves $169.8M FY21 budget (The Item)

Newburyport schools launch COVID-19 testing (Newburyport Daily News)

Saugus puts brakes on school reopenings (The Item)

Record high COVID-19 cases keep most Fall River students learning remotely (Herald News)

Coronavirus News: Thursday, January 14, 2021

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U.S. sets single-day death record; new variants emerge (Washington Post)

U.S. continues to lag in COVID workplace safety, former OSHA official says (NPR)

Local heath leaders say state leaving them in the dark about vaccination clinic locations, more (Boston Globe)

Can COVID long-haulers access disabiity benefits? Experts aren't sure (WGBH)

Pittsfield mayor says coronavirus rate turnaround needed before in-person schooling resumes (The Berkshire Eagle)

Gill-Montague faces potentially tight budget year (Greenfield Recorder)

Amherst-Pelham officials eye voluntary return of students, staff (Daily Hampshire Gazette)

Worcester students facing a full year away from classrooms (WCVB 5)

Framingham schools add staff to help COVID needs (NBC 10)

Peabody teachers union shows tension, discord over high school safety (The Item)

Newburyport city and schools begin budget process (Newburyport Daily News)

Return to buildings again delayed for students in Marlborough (Metrowest Daily News)

Franklin superintendent pleads with community to follow COVID protocols (Milford Daily News)

Milford to continue with remote learning through at least Feb. 1 (Milford Daily News)

Making hands-on education work in a pandemic that's hands-off (The Sun Chronicle)

Coronavirus News: Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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COVID cases appear to be rising among teachers; what does that mean? (Chalkbeat)

No instruction manual: school districts navigate school closures with little help from the state (WGBH)

Amid surges, teachers line up for their vaccinations (WAMC)

Short term homeless shelter to be set up at Holyoke's Dean Tech (WWLP 22)

Pioneer Regional students record dramatic monologues remotely (Greenfield Recorder)

Amherst union wants limited return to in-person learning (Daily Hampshire Gazette)

Holyoke schools unveil latest hybrid learning plan (MassLive)

Sutton High fully remote this week due to COVID-19 (Millbury Sutton Chronicle)

Student parties force Swampscott High to stay remote (The Item)

COVID-19 closes Natick school, sidelines hockey for two weeks (Metrowest Daily News)

In Framingham, new tools to limit COVID-19 spread in schools (Metrowest Daily News)

Hull eighth graders head back to school buildings (Patriot Ledger)

Attleboro schools back to hybrid learning next week (The Sun Chronicle)

Many Massachusetts schools plan to reopen buildings, but teachers among last in vaccine line (Boston Herald)

Coronavirus News: Tuesday, January, 12, 2021

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Will new COVID-19 strains mean more cases in schools? An explainer (EdWeek)

'No going back' from remote and hybrid learning, districts say (EdWeek)

Six months later, COVID survivors facing lingering health issues (The New York Times)

Scientists hope to find new coronavirus variant before it spreads too far in Mass (WBUR)

Gill-Montague sets tentative return date for in-person classes (Greenfield Recorder)

Agawam, Southwick return to remote learning for 2021 (WWLP 22)

Billerica school cancels in-person classes due to new cases (NBC 10)

COVID cases force Hopedale to go full remote until at least Jan 19 (Milford Daily News)

Franklin school switches to remote (Milford Daily News)

Boston schools announce updated safety protocols, timeline for return to buildings (Boston 25 News)

Coronavirus News: Monday, January, 11, 2021

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As virus surges, new studies suggest warning for school reopening (The Intercept)

A shopping bag held the key to safe school reopening (Commonwealth Magazine)

Black America has reason to question authorities (The New Yorker)

An appreciation for vaccines and how far they have come (The New York Times)

Hoosac Valley, Berkshire Hills switch to remote learning this week (The Berkshire Eagle)

Gateway Regional School District begins full remote learning (WWLP 22)

Amherst district, union open talks on in-person learning (Daily Hampshire Gazette)

Worcester School Committee indefinitely delays start of in-person learning as COVID cases rise (NBC 10)

Swampscott invites seniors to go back to school buildings (The Item)

Haverhill schools, union agree to develop triggers for models of learning (WHAV)

Swampscott parents request more live instruction (The Item)

Cases rise as Lexington testing plan begins (Lexington Minuteman)

Triton Regional students to return to hybrid model January 20 (Newburyport Daily News)

Triton superintendent praises teachers for resilence (Newburyport Daily News)

Rockport school buildings remain closed (Gloucester Times)

Ashland to offer COVID tests to all public school students (Metrowest Daily News)

Dighton-Rehoboth schools to go remote through Jan 20, superintendent says (The Sun Chronicle)