The district is working to fix Wi-Fi connectivity issues for in-person students.
MPS switched from individual to group testing to ensure the program's sustainability, district officials said.
The School Committee approved working conditions for teachers that include metrics for air quality, COVID testing and student engagement.
MPS will undergo a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review, a monitoring of compliance with special education and civil rights regulations.
The district would lose money in charter school tuition reimbursement, forcing it to find other funding sources.
Students are invited to submit a poem about unity to be highlighted by the School Committee and featured on the MPS website.
Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman performed for eighth-graders in 2019, when she was a student at Harvard.
The group consists of students, parents, faculty and administrators, and seeks to maintain an "equitable and socially just" district.
Melina McGovern, a junior at MHS, has been collecting feminine hygiene products for Middlesex County shelters.
Testing last week yielded 11 positive results out of more than 1,200 tests given. Here is this week's schedule.
More than 1,200 tests were conducted this week as students returned to hybrid learning.
It's the highest amount of funding the Italian ministry awarded to any school district in the country.
Here is when your student can get tested for the coronavirus before returning to hybrid instruction.
Medford schools will remain remote until mid-January due to an expected post-holiday spike in coronavirus cases.
A holiday message from Superintendent Marice Edouard-Vincent.
District officials plan to return to in-person instruction "with caution" in January as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Medford.
District officials said there was a "strong possibility" of in-person transmission among school staff, many of whom are in quarantine.
After enjoying a day off Thursday, students will have to log back on before the week's up.
MPS expects to transition to a "full remote" day Thursday, meaning students will maintain their regular schedule over electronic platforms.
MPS is equipped for remote learning, but the district will address snow days on a case by case basis, Superintendent Edouard-Vincent said.
The district will offer free COVID-19 testing to students and staff as it prepares to bring back 12th grade this week.
The rapid tests deliver results in about 15 minutes and could help schools identify positive cases quicker, state officials said.
Superintendent Edouard-Vincent said the district has made "significant" progress on improving safety measures at the high school.
MPS said Friday it can continue hybrid instruction safely, despite the city joining the list of high-risk communities last week.
Here's how the group-testing method for the coronavirus, which proponents say is more efficient and cost-effective, will work.
The district announced a return date for fifth-graders this week, but grades 7-12 still remain up in the air.
The district has conducted 900 free tests and is now opening the program up to more employees. Students could be eligible in the future.
The district will start hybrid learning for two more grades next week.
Based on community health metrics, the district said it will welcome four more grades back for hybrid learning Monday.
Delilah Putnam Bagley donated her dog-walking money and organized a drive to put together COVID-19 prevention kits for three MPS schools.
Workers were at MPS schools last week addressing what the district called "long overdue" repairs to the HVAC systems.
Kindergartners returned to school Monday, but district officials say most grades will go back later than originally scheduled.
Superintendent Marice Edouard-Vincent said a "small number" of MPS staff are currently quarantining.
Critics say the Institutes, active on 75 college campuses, suppress academic freedom and are "extensions of the Chinese government."
High needs students returned to school this week, and the district plans to start phasing in hybrid learning in early October.
MHS teacher Liz Daneu says the planned return date for some grades coincides with Yom Kippur, the "highest holy day in Judaism."
School officials decided this week to work toward a phased-in hybrid plan starting Oct. 5.
A dozen Medford parents spent their summer sewing free masks for the upcoming school year.
The pandemic has forced a radically different start to the school year. Here are five things to expect.
The School Committee last month reversed course to start the school year fully remote and will re-evaluate the model by mid-October.