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Danbury schools could resume in fall with mix of in-person, online learning

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton says he can't see putting 3,200 students all in one building at the High School in the fall. 

He anticipates having to split them up.  Danbury will likely use the new online distance learning system, as well as the buildings so students can have some classroom experience.  But he says they can't maintain social distance under the model in place up until March.  Boughton noted that this goes for any high school and everyone will modify their approach to schooling.

Boughton says the elementary summer camp, run through the Parks and Rec Department for about 200 kids, is not happening.  He called it unfortunate, but says once the City gets the staff and accepting liability of having the young people working is not something that can be pulled off this year. 

The town park will likely not open for most of the summer.  He says it could open for a couple of weeks in August, but contingent on the public health situation, and the ability to hire lifeguards.  Boughton says the City has hard time hiring lifeguards in the past several years because young people need to be certified and are choosing not to and working elsewhere.

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