State’s math could cost school district $2M, forcing makeup days for time it didn’t miss
Guidelines from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on how to calculate the last day of school could cost the district an additional $2 million to stay open for four additional days this year.
Homegrown, crowdsourced guide Shopsafely expands rapidly, like the virus forcing its birth
Buying food is complicated during the stay-at-home days of Covid-19, so a team of Cantabrigians created shopsafely.us to help the community shop at local businesses. The crowdsourced website has contributions from nearby cities and as far away as Minnesota and California.
Cambridge schools to close for academic year per governor’s order; district sends out survey
Cambridge schools will close through the academic year as a response to a Covid-19 outbreak and the need for social distancing to stop its spread. A decision to close all state public and private schools was announced by Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday.
Schools still adapting to remote learning needs; Delivery date unknown for 600 Chromebooks
School Committee members praise district staff for adapting to the closing of city and school services due to a coronavirus pandemic, while expressing concern over how to ensure all students and families get education and support services equitably.
What it’s like to get a drive-in coronavirus test while living with a frontline health professional
My husband is a primary care doctor who works in Cambridge, and during a coronavirus pandemic we know that every day my husband goes into the office there is the risk of infection for all of us. Then I came down with what seemed to be a cold and how your perception of the sniffles can change.
With campuses closed as a step against virus, student meals come to drop-off points by bus
The yellow buses driving through Cambridge on Monday won’t be bringing students to school; they’ll be delivering meals to students prevented from coming to school by the need to prevent further spreading of the coronavirus Covid-19.
Superintendent Salim will work from home, pointing to potential coronavirus exposure
Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Kenneth Salim said Thursday that he will work from home effective immediately to wait out the two weeks in which coronavirus symptoms would appear – the first Cambridge official to announce a self-isolation after potential exposure.
District looks at school-closing ramifications amid growing fears coronavirus is on its way
The school district is laying the groundwork in case a coronavirus outbreak demands the closing of one or more schools, including how remote learning might work, School Committee members learned Tuesday.
School bus cameras okayed for new contract, along with other tech under surveillance law
The use of cameras on school buses generated debate from city councillors as the city manager requested authorization to bid a five-year contract for school bus transportation. Some other technology falling under the city’s surveillance ordinance slipped through without discussion.
School district expects next budget of $213.7M, tighter than current but growing (corrected)
The next school district budget is projected to total $213.7 million, an increase of $11.9 million over the current $201.8 million, for a 5.9 percent increase, School Committee members learned Jan. 28.
