Monday Manual: It's Back-To-School Week

WORCESTER, MA — Welcome to the Aug. 30 edition of Monday Manual, which will be a special back-to-school edition covering seven Patch communities between Framingham and Worcester.

This week we're starting in Worcester, which is still the second-largest city in New England following the recent Census data drop (population: about 206,000). Outside New England, Worcester is now bigger than the following U.S. cities: Little Rock, Ark. (202,591); Birmingham, Ala. (200,733), Salt Lake City (199,723), Tallahassee (196,169) and Akron, Ohio (190,469).

1) Worcester

First day: Aug. 30
2021-22 school calendar
Coronavirus safety plan
Hiring crossing guards: apply here

2) Natick

First day: Sept. 2
2021-22 school calendar
Coronavirus safety plan

3) Sudbury

First day Sudbury: Sept. 1
First day Lincoln-Sudbury High School: Sept. 1
2021-22 SPS school calendar
2021-22 LSHS school calendar
SPS Coronavirus safety plan
LSHS Coronavirus safety plan
SPS hiring crossing guards, lunch/bus monitors: apply here

4) Framingham

First day: Sept. 1
2021-22 school calendar
Coronavirus safety plan
Hiring crossing guards: apply here

5) Wayland

First day: Sept. 1
2021-22 school calendar
Coronavirus updates

6) Milford

First day: Sept. 1
2021-22 school calendar

7) Marlborough

First day: Sept. 1
2021-22 school calendar
Coronavirus safety plan (available in MPS district app)

If you have an event or activity you want included in Monday Manual, email neal.mcnamara@patch.com.