Westport Public Schools Learning Remotely Today as Town Digs Out
Westport’s Staples High School around 11:00 PM last night as crews began to tackle the task of clearing the expansive property’s parking lots and sidewalks of snow and ice. Westport Public Schools Superintendent announced yesterday that due to “ongoing clean-up efforts by the Department of Public Works and the need for our custodians to spend time clearing the schools”, Westport Public Schools would all be learning-from-home today instead of another snow day.
Today would have been the second day of full-in learning for the district’s elementary and middle school students, something that the Westport Teachers’ Union said they were still against during last night’s Board of Education meeting. President of the WEA cited inability to access COVID-19 vaccinations when describing the teachers’ not wanting to leave the former hybrid model. But with parking lots and sidewalks most likely cleared by this afternoon, tomorrow will start a new chapter in Westport’s pandemic learning model as the first full day of school will greet students and staff members. Superintendent Thomas Scarice reminded families that in order to keep kids in school, kids and adults need to remain socially distant outside of school - where the majority of any virus transmission is being linked to taking place.