BERLIN — The Berlin school district moved to five-day-a-week in-person learning Monday after Gov. Chris Sununu rejected the district’s request for a waiver. The district sought a waiver to be able to finish the remaining eight weeks of the school year in its hybrid mode.
Superintendent of Schools Julie King said the district was told late Wednesday afternoon that the governor had denied the waiver request. Anticipating Sununu was unlikely to approve the waiver, school administration, staff and teachers spent hours working on a back-up plan that they have now put in place.
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