NEW: More than 150 Boston teachers have called out sick ahead of returning to school from winter break on Tuesday, Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said Monday.
"Folks have been out here unpacking and sorting and bagging so these will all get to our schools by -- they're already on the road right now," Wu said Monday morning.
Some school districts across the state decided to open late, or later in the week, due to a delivery delay of masks and testing kits amid COVID concerns.Cambridge is among several cities that have delayed the start of school until Wednesday. The district has substitute teachers on standby in case there are positive cases among the teaching staff, Superintendent Dr. Victoria Greer said.
More than 227,000 at-home rapid COVID-19 tests were handed out this weekend. After a two-day delay -- due to -- the tests arrived in the Bay State on New Year's Eve and were distributed Saturday and Sunday so that teachers could test themselves before returning to the classroom Monday, following the extended holiday break.
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