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FRAMINGHAM – Framingham Public Schools reported 5 new COVID cases over the weekend.
With the latest cases, the district has had a total of 156 cases this 2020-21 academic school year.
Framingham High School leads the district with 40 cases.
The district does not list if cases are teachers, staff, or students in the dashboard, or when the district sends emails to staff or families.
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The latest cases were reported:
- Wilson Elementary on April 30
- Dunning Elementary on April 30
- Brophy Elementary on April 30
- Juniper Hill School on April 30
- Framingham High on May 1
While Framingham High leads the district in COVID cases reported this school year, McCarthy Elementary on Flagg Drive is second with 12, and Fuller Middle School, also on Flagg Drive, is third with 11.
The Framingham Public Schools began full-time in-person classes for middle school students on April 28.
High School students are not set to return full-time in-person learning until May 17.
On April 5, elementary school students returned to full-time in-person classroom education. About 85% of students returned in grades K-5.
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The district conducts PCR testing for staff.
Students are being testing via pooled testing.
Superintendent of Schools Bob Tremblay announced April 28, the participating rate in the free COVID-19 pooled testing, has increased to 70% at the elementary level.
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Participation is voluntary in the program.
Only students who are part of the in-person or hybrid learning can participate in the pooled testing. Remote students do not participate in pooled testing.
In mid-March, only 46% of students were participating in the district’s pooled testing program to identify COVID-19 cases.
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