Salem Schools Will Reopen Classrooms For Younger Students, Keep Older Students Remote

SALEM, MA — The Salem School Committee voted late Monday to reopen the schools. The school committee’s decision calls for kids in third grade and younger to return to school for in-person learning while all older students will learn remotely.

School committee member Kristen Pangallo said they would love to have all their students back in the classroom, but feel they can’t live up to the safety requirement. “And Grade 3 was thought through because it’s really that foundational learning where you have students really learning how to read. After that students are using their reading skills,” Pangallo explained.

Long-time school committee member Jim Fleming voted against in-person learning. “My decision was based primarily on the fear of either having the kids contract it or teachers or staff contract it,” he said.

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