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FRAMINGHAM – Framingham Public Schools reported 87 new COVID cases today, January 14, including 32 cases at Hemenway Elementary School.

The district reported 88 cases yesterday, January 13.

On Monday, the district reported a record, one-day high of 148 new cases, after a record one-day high of 141 cases on January 6.

It is unknown if the 87 cases are all students, staff, or a combination of both. The district does not separate that number in its dashboard.

The district is now reporting 1, 391 COVID-19 cases during the 2021-22 school year. There are roughly 10,000 students in the public school district.

That is more than 10% of the school district.

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For the week, there were 510 cases reported in the Framingham Public Schools, which is more than 36% of all cases reported during the 2021-2022 school year.

Students and staff returned back to the classrooms on Monday, January 3, after the winter holiday vacation break.

There have been 795 cases in the school district since January 1, 2022.

That means more than half of all cases this school year have been since January 1, 2022.

Today, the District reported 31 new COVID cases at Hemenway Elementary

There were 13 cases at Fuller Middle School, 9 cases at Barbieri, and 7 cases at Framingham High School.

There were 5 cases each at Walsh Middle and Stapleton Elementary.

Four cases were reported at King Elementary and four cases at Dunning Elementary.

Two cases were reported each at Potter Road Elementary and Harmony Grove Elementary.

One case was reported each at McCarthy Elementary, Brophy Elementary, and BLOCKS preschool.

Once cases was reported at Farley administration building.

Framingham High School leads the school district with 356 cases, during the 2021-22 school year. There are roughly 2,400 student at the high school.

Walsh Middle School is second with 105 cases.

Cameron Middle and Harmony Grove Elementary each have 95 cases this school year.

Farley administration building has had 32 cases.

Last Wednesday, it was decided to pause for two weeks all group indoor activities to limit the spread of COVID in the City.

That decision meant that sports, theatre, clubs, and after-school academic supports were paused.

Sports, clubs, and theatre are still paused along with all other group activities indoor in the City of Framingham.

The high school musical was moved from performances this weekend to February 2022.

But Wednesday, it was announced the pause would be lifted effective today, January 14.

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Susan Petroni is the former editor for SOURCE. She is the founder of the former news site, which as of May 1, 2023, is now a self-publishing community bulletin board. The website no longer has a journalist but a webmaster.