On Monday, the Newton Public Schools district, in consultation with the City’s Health and Human Services Department, announced its strong recommendation that all NPS staff and students wear face coverings for the first two weeks of school following the December break. With “a rise of absences of both students and staff due to cases of flu, COVID, RSV, and other respiratory illnesses,” the district noted that this recommendation is intended “to keep our students in school learning and to keep our classrooms and buildings operating with safe and appropriate staffing.”
