‘Schools Are Safe Places’: Mass. Sec. Of Education Says Students Should Be Returning To In-Person Learning

BOSTON — Massachusetts Sec. of Education Jim Peyser said the process of getting students back in school is not moving fast enough, but he hopes a new testing program being expanded by the state will help more children return to the classroom.

“The first priority has to be to bring as many students as we possibly can back into their schools, back into their classrooms with their teachers, with their peers for in-person instruction as soon as possible,” Peyser told WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller. “That is happening, but on an unfortunately too slow basis.”

This week, the state plans to expand its “pooled” testing program to more school districts. Hundreds of schools have expressed interest in joining the program.

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