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This article describes how the Worcester Public School system failed to transition from in person education to online education. The article talks about how the schools failed to distribute adequate technology to kids that needed it for nearly 2…

The author believes that all students should have mandatory summer school after the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes that students time spent online learning is time lost and that students need time to learn what they have missed during the pandemic.

As the state of Massachusetts tries to move all schools back to in-person, Worcester schools say they need more time. Worcester schools don't think that they are ready to bring all students back and do not think they have adequate space for all…

As schools try to move back to in-person learning, the schools have less bus drivers than anticipated. The bus vendor has a driver shortage, as they have been unable to work for the last year.

Worcester schools delay the transition to hybrid learning, which would bring students with needs back to in-person learning. HVAC work that is necessary to keep the building safe, needed to be completed before any students could come back.

The Worcester School district plans to have all students remote for the first quarter of the school year. Students are placed in 3 groups that will be slowly introduced back to in-person schools.

As some employees were allowed to return to work in person, cases of COVID-19 began to spike. Some teachers were offered the opportunity to return to in person work voluntarily. When teachers began to return, positive cases started to appear.

Many students lack a reliable internet connection required for online learning. The Worcester schools negotiated with Spectrum to try and get affordable internet for students. Spectrum is the only internet option as they have a local monopoly.

The Worcester public schools faced large budget cuts. Most of these cuts were due in some way to COVID-19