CT Remote Learning Likely Into 2021-22 School Year: Lamont

CONNECTICUT — The state is moving ahead full throttle to get all students back inside classrooms come the fall, but the efforts will most likely fall short, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday, according to the Hartford Courant.

The governor and Charlene Russell-Tucker, interim state education commissioner, cited long-term student illnesses, as well as parental choice, among the reasons virtual learning will continue into the 2021-22 school year, the Courant reported.

The low coronavirus infection rates in the school systems have been one of the few positive pandemic metrics the state Department of Public Health has reported. The numbers flared up after the return to school following the winter break, but have been declining steadily since.

An additional 23 schools have ramped up to full in-person learning during the previous reporting period — a 13 percent improvement. That corresponds to the drop in reported COVID-19 cases among students and school staff. In the past week, staff cases dropped by 8 percent and student cases dropped by 6 percent..

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