UPDATED: Framingham Schools Report 26 COVID Cases on January 4

Editor’s Note: This report was updated at 10:05 a.m. on January 5, as the FPS dashboard was updated to reflect only 26 cases and not 27 cases. Barbieri had reported 3 cases but then was lowered to two cases.

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FRAMINGHAM – Framingham Public School District returned back to class on Monday, January 3, after the winter holiday vacation break.

Since the start of the 2021-22 school year through December 31, the district had 590 total COVID cases, with the majority post Thanksgiving.

Yesterday, the district never updated its COVID dashboard and no new cases of COVID were reported in the district on Monday, January 3, according to that dashboard.

But this evening, January 4, the district reported a total of 27 new COVID cases, with the majority at Framingham High – 11 cases.

On the morning of January 5, the dashboard lowered the number of cases from 27 to 26.

It is unknown if the cases at re all students, staff, or a combination of both. The district does not separate that number.

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With those 26 new cases, there have now been a total of 616 cases in the school district.

And with the 11 new cases at Framingham High, it still leads the district in most cases at 198 cases.

Besides the 11 new cases at Framingham High, there were 4 cases at Cameron Middle.

Three cases were reported at Barbieri Elementary and then it was lowered to two.

There were two cases reported Fuller Middle, King Elementary, and Hemenway.

There was one case reported at the following schools: Walsh Middle, BLOCKS preschool, Brophy Elementary, and Stapleton.

Harmony Grove is second in total cases with 44, with Barbieri and Potter Road tied at 43 cases.

The Farley Administration Building has reported a total 17 cases this 2021-2022 school year

Brophy has had the fewest cases this school year with a dozen.

Mayor Charlie Sisitsky announced last night, with Superintendent Bob Tremblay, that 3,500 rapid COVID test kits would be distributed to some school families today, and this week, to stop a spread of COVID cases in the school district.

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