Update on Massachusetts Schools Reopening

It’s time for an update on Massachusetts schools reopening in the time of COVID-19. Here’s what’s happening in schools across the state.

ABINGTON
9/28/2020: Someone at Beaver Brook Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Abington Superintendent Peter Schafer, though he would not say whether the individual is a student, teacher, or other staff member.

ANDOVER
9/30/2020: West Middle School students quarantined after positive test.
10/3/2020: A community member associated with Andover High tested positive.

ARLINGTON
9/20/2020: Arlington Elementary School switches to remote learning after staff member tests positive.

ATTLEBORO
9/15/2020: 30 Attleboro High School students in quarantine after COVID-19-positive student attended school.
10/5/2020: The six new cases include five students and one staff member, bringing the total number over a four-week period to 19. Last week there were seven new cases. Overall the schools have averaged a little under five cases a week.

AUBURN
9/28/2020: 20 students are quarantining at home after Auburn Public Schools notified them they were “potentially exposed” to a bus monitor who tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

BEDFORD
9/30/2020: A school community member (i.e., student or staff) at John Glenn Middle School has been diagnosed with a confirmed case.

BELMONT
9/29/2020: One case of confirmed COVID-19 in school community.
10/13/2020: A school community member (i.e., student or staff) at Belmont High School has been diagnosed with a confirmed case.

BRIDGEWATER
9/18/2020: A Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School student and another private high school student in Bridgewater have tested positive for COVID-19, with more high school students exposed and under quarantine.

BRISTOL
9/27/2020: One person in school community has tested positive.

BURLINGTON
9/25/2020: There are a total of three cases, with students/faculty in Marshall Simonds Middle School and Pine Glen Elementary School having been determined to be in classes during the infectious period. A third case at Francis Wyman was not in the building during that time.
10/1/2020: Today, the Burlington Board of Health received laboratory testing that indicated that a student/staff member at Memorial School has been diagnosed with a confirmed case of Covid-19.
10/16/2020: A student/staff member at Francis Wyman Elementary School has been diagnosed with a confirmed case.
10/18/2020: A student/staff member at Burlington High School has been diagnosed with a confirmed case.
10/19/2020: A student/staff member at Marshall Simonds Middle School has been diagnosed with a confirmed case. It has been determined that there are no close contacts in this case because the student was not in school 2 days before illness onset.

CARVER
9/4/20: A Carver school employee is positive for COVID-19.

CHATHAM
10/14/20: Chatham Elementary student tests positive.

CHICOPEE
9/18/2020: A Chicopee school worker tests positive.

GLOUCESTER
10/6/2020: COVID-19 case confirmed at East Gloucester Elementary School.

GROTON
10/15/20: A student at Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School has tested positive.

HAMPDEN
9/20/20: One student in the Wilbraham-Hampden school district tested positive.

HANOVER
10/15/20: 36 high school hockey players self-quarantining after teammate tests positive.

HARWICH
9/21/20: Monomoy Regional High School has confirmed its first case of COVID-19.

HAVERHILL
9/29/20: Cases of coronavirus reported among students late last week at three schools in Haverhill — Whittier Regional High, Consentino Middle and Whittier Middle — a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 at Haverhill High School.

HOPKINTON
09/28/20: Another positive student at Hopkinton High School today.

HULL
9/22/20: Student tests positive.

LUDLOW
9/10/20: An elementary school within Ludlow Public Schools is undergoing deep cleaning after a staffer tested positive for COVID-19.

MALDEN
10/18/20: Staff members at the Linden School who have tested positive.

MARION
10/13/20: One staffer has tested positive.

MARLBOROUGH
9/24/20: Marlborough High School goes remote after 7 students test positive.

MARSHFIELD
9/27/20: Two people from the Marshfield High School community have tested positive.
10/10/20: Daniel Webster Elementary School shifts to remote learning.

MEDFIELD
10/14/20: A student at Medfield High School tested positive. A student at Blake Middle School tested positive.
10/25/20: A student at the Wheelock School has tested positive.

METHUEN
9/4/20: A teacher at Methuen High tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the district to implement quarantines and contact tracing.

NATICK
9/28/20: Students who were required to quarantine due to exposure attended or hosted parties with numerous students over the past two weekends, despite orders from the Board of Health to quarantine.

NEW BEDFORD
9/16/20: A teacher at Alfred J. Gomes Elementary School in New Bedford has tested positive for COVID-19.
9/17/20: A GNB Voc-Tech staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 and is home self-isolating.

NEWBURYPORT
9/8/20: A Newburyport High School staff member tests positive for COVID-19.

NORTHBOROUGH
10/1/20: An individual at Melican Middle School tested positive for coronavirus.
10/7/20: Two people connected with Marion E. Zeh Elementary School in Northborough tested positive.

PEMBROKE
9/24/20: Student tests positive.

PEPPERELL
9/22/20: One student of Massachusetts schools in Pepperell tested positive.
10/7/20: Two Nissitissit Middle School students tested positive.

PLYMOUTH
9/24/20: Two students tested positive after being in close contact with another person who tested positive.

QUINCY
9/22/20: In a Facebook post, Superintendent Roy Webb says they are currently tracking 15 active positive coronavirus cases in the district – six at the high school, five at the junior high and two each at Baldwin and Rooney elementary schools.

SALEM
9/17/20: A staff member working in Salem Public Schools’ LEAP Saltonstall Summer program tested positive for the coronavirus.

SCITUATE
9/22/20: 2 staff members of Massachusetts schools in Scituate test positive.

SPRINGFIELD
9/22/20: Pope Francis Preparatory School is switching to remote-only instruction for at least two weeks after a student there tested positive for COVID-19.

TEWKSBURY
9/5/20: A faculty member tested positive for CO­VID-19 and that person had been present at Tewksbury Memorial High School and the Loella F. Dewing Ele­mentary School.

TOWNSEND
10/7/20: One North Middlesex Regional High School student has tested positive.

WEYMOUTH
10/16/20: Two students tested positive.

WILLIAMSTOWN
9/15/20: Pine Cobble School confirmed a third member of its community, a pupil, has tested positive.
9/18/20: Four children and two faculty members from Pine Cobble School have tested positive for COVID-19, the private school’s head reported on Friday.

WINCHESTER
9/17/20: Winchester High School announced Wednesday it would move to remote learning for the rest of the week after a student tested positive.

WORCESTER
9/23/20: 6 Worcester Public Schools employees have tested positive for coronavirus in recent weeks.

Sourced from The Boston Globe. For the most up-to-date information on Massachusetts schools reopening, visit their website.

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