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WAIT FOR MORE CASES. WE ARE DETERMINED NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION AND TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. THIS IS TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. THAT IS WHY STARTING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 17, WE ARE CLOSING ALL BUS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ALL STUDENTS. THIS IS OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND DOLLAR STAFF. = -- AND ALL OUR STAFF. OUR INTENTION IS TO REOPEN APRIL 7. IF THE SITUATION IN BOSTON WITH THE CORONAVIRUS CHANGES FOR THE BETTER AND WE PRAY THAT IT DOES, WE WILL BRING OUR STUDENTS BACK BEFORE APRIL 27. THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN THIS MONDAY FOR A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY TO ALLOW PARENTS SOME FLEXIBILITY TO PLAN. FOR STUDENTS TO GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS.

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Boston Public Schools will close from Tuesday, March 17 through at least the week of April 27, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced late Friday."We've determined that now is the time to take bold action and slow the spread of this virus," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Friday night. "This is to protect our school communities and all of our residents.""We know that many of our other school districts across the commonwealth have closed," Walsh said. "Those districts do not have the same complexities that we have here in Boston"The mayor said more comprehensive details would be announced on Sunday. The announcement marks a complete change from what the mayor said just hours earlier, when he proclaimed there would be school next week. “There will be school Monday and there will be school next week,” Walsh said earlier in the day. The Boston school district has more than 53,000 students, with 75 percent of them economically disadvantaged, relying on the school district for two or more meals per day. Walsh said 8% of students in the district deal with homelessness. Info: Check school closingsGov. Charlie Baker said he was not making a blanket declaration about schools in the state, rather allowing each district to make the determination for themselves.But more than 100 other districts have at least one school shuttered -- if not all of them.The majority of COVID-19 illnesses reported in Massachusetts so far are related to a conference held in late February at a Boston hotel. Several other states have also reported cases related to that conference.The risk of COVID-19 to the general public in Massachusetts remains low at this time, according to state health officials.More information from the DPH on COVID-19 can be found by clicking this link.PHNjcmlwdCBpZD0iaW5mb2dyYW1fMF85MTUyMTg3My03NmRhLTQ0ZmUtOTA0Ny1mMTllZWFlZGFjNmQiIHRpdGxlPSJDb3JvbmF2aXJ1cyBpbiBNYXNzYWNodXNldHRzIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZS5pbmZvZ3JhbS5jb20vanMvZGlzdC9lbWJlZC5qcz9yeXoiIHR5cGU9InRleHQvamF2YXNjcmlwdCI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+