Waiver rejected, Berlin schools back to in-person, full-time

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 to be able to finish the remaining eight weeks of the school year in hybrid mode.

The district has been using a hybrid model with a majority of students in school and just under 30 percent in remote learning. The in-person mode has students in the classroom three days a week. Teachers use the other two days to work with remote learners and for planning. The exception is elementary students who are already in school five days a week.