DESE Color Coded School Reopening Expectations
Districts and schools in communities designated gray, green, or yellow are expected to have students learning fully in-person, if feasible. A hybrid model should be used only if there is no other way to meet health and safety requirements. Parents and caregivers will continue to have the option to choose a district’s remote learning program for their children.
Schools in red communities should implement hybrid models, while maximizing in-person learning time for high-needs students.
For updates on DESE issued learning model expectations visit their website: https://www.doe.mass.edu/covid19/on-desktop/interpreting-dph-metrics.html
MA Weekly Public Health Report – Updated Thursday, January 21, 2021: Woburn Case Data
| Total Case Count | Case Count (Last 14 Days) | Average Daily Incidence Rate per 100,000 (Last 14 Days) | Total Tests (Last 14 Days) | Total Positive Tests (Last 14 Days) | Percent Positivity (Last 14 Days) | |
| Woburn | 3,170 | 496 | 85.3 | 7,781 | 567 | 7.29% |
| State | 458,089 | 73,601 | 75.5 | 1,221,035 | 83,583 | 6.85% |
Source: MA Weekly COVID-19 Public Health Report – Thursday, January 21, 2021
Additional Resources
- Positive COVID-19 Student and Staff Cases in Schools Reported by Districts to DESE
- View protocols for responding to COVID-19 scenarios in school, on bus, or in community settings.
- For more complete information regarding schools, please visit the Woburn Public Schools website and find the latest district updates here.
- Woburn Public Schools & Board of Health’s COVID-19 Education to Create a Safe School Community
- CDC Indicators for Dynamic School Decision-Making
- The CDC recommends the use of 3 core indicators to reference when deciding to open, close, or reopen schools. These core indicators include two measures of community burden (number of new cases per 100,000 persons in the last 14 days; and percentage of RT-PCR tests that are positive during the last 14 days) AND one self-assessed measure of school implementation of key mitigation strategies:
