Teachers should be considered front line workers and made eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine immediately, Abington Schools Superintendent Peter Schafer and Abington Education Association President Steve Shannon argue in a letter sent to Gov. Charlie Baker yesterday.
Category: Schools
WEEK AHEAD: Lots of snow; lack of shots; more marijuana shops; selectmen meet
Abington's week ahead includes more snow, no vaccines, and more retail marijuana talk.
CHAT: Schafer discusses school reopening, MCAS testing
Abington's classrooms are too small to host a full roster of students with current social distancing ruled im place, Schools Superintendent Peter Schafer said during a recent epsiode of Abigton Community Access & Media's Community Chat
WEEK AHEAD: Vaccine clinics; budget talks; storm prep; planning, health, assessors, capital planning boards meet
ABINGTON'S WEEK AHEAD: Vaccine clinics; budget talks; storm prep; planning, health, assessors, capital planning boards meet

School notes: MCAS update, COVID-19 testing, capital needs, athlete accomplishments
An update from the January 26 meeting of the Abington School Committee.
WEEK AHEAD: COVID vaccines; curfew lifted; selectmen, school committee, finance committee meets
This week the Abington Board of Health hopes to hold its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic; selectmen, school and finance committees meet.
WEEK AHEAD: Synchronous learning; health, aging, housing, parks, water, Southfield boards to meet
Synchronous learning starts Tuesday in Abington; plus the health, aging, housing, parks, water and Southfield boards will meet this week
WEEK AHEAD: Selectmen, ConCom, ZBA, Library, CPC boards meet
The Week Ahead in Abington,, including board agendas and high school sports schedules.

Maguire breaks 1,000 career points
Abington senior guard Matt Maguire on Saturday became just the fifth person in Green Wave boys basketball history to reach 1,000 career points.

Changes coming to at-home learning
Final plans are being made for a shift in Abington's hybrid learning model that will result in those students spending significantly more time watching classroom lessons live during their at home days.
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