State officials were scrambling over New Year’s weekend to distribute more than a quarter million rapid coronavirus tests to Massachusetts school districts, prompting the teacher’s unio…
State officials were scrambling over New Year’s weekend to distribute more than a quarter-million rapid coronavirus tests to Massachusetts school districts, prompting the teacher’s unions to demand a delay in reopening schools after the holiday break.
The test kits originally were intended to be available for pickup by school districts Friday, but supply chain issues delayed delivery by one day. A shipment arrived Saturday, and the state made tests available in Franklin for districts to hurry over and pick up. Massachusetts Teachers Association President Merrie Najimy is pressing Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration to cancel school on Monday to give teachers and school staff enough time to test.
As of Saturday, Lexington, Burlington, and Cambridge districts had canceled school Monday to give staff another day to pick up the tests and report their results. Several others had announced delays.
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