'It’s Shameful': Parents Of Special Needs Students In Disbelief Over Remote Learning

BOSTON — When Cristina and Michael Colanti got the news their daughters’ schools would switch back to fully remote learning after only three weeks of a hybrid model, they were in shock.

“It’s shameful this is where we’re at right now,” Michael said. Cristina Colanti told WBZ she spent the whole day crying once she got the news.

They have two daughters. Maia, age seven, has been learning remotely since March. Mae, age four, has Downs syndrome, and was allowed to return to school two days a week in the district-wide hybrid model as a “high needs” student. She was supposed to return to four days a week in person on Thursday, October 22.

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