HHS has 5 COVID cases in past 2 days; state updates reopening deadlines

Dec 2021 17

Divided School Committee votes to make masks mandatory at HHS due to surge in COVID-19 cases

The School Committee on Thursday voted 3-2 to re-institute the mandatory mask policy at Hopkinton High School beginning today after a nearly hour-long discussion. “Everyone, I’m sure, has been hearing about the school outbreak,” said Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh....

Nov 2021 1

Day 1 of mask-optional policy at HHS: About half of students approved to show faces

For the first day of the lifting of the mask mandate, about half of the students attended Hopkinton High School with their masks on, according to Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh in an interview Monday afternoon. Before the implementation of the mask-optional policy...

Nov 2021 1

Superintendent explains what led to mask-optional trial period at HHS; teachers union still has concerns

The Hopkinton School Committee’s 3-2 vote to become the first Massachusetts community to lift the mask requirement for COVID-19 vaccinated students and staff for a three-week trial period in November has brought forth a range of opinions from both inside and...

Oct 2021 12

Superintendent: HHS receives DESE approval to make masks voluntary for vaccinated individuals

Superintendent of Schools Carol Cavanaugh announced Tuesday via a press release that Hopkinton High School has been approved by the state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to make masks voluntary for COVID-vaccinated individuals, although...

Mar 2021 17

Superintendent, health director: Despite surge, no student-to-student transmission at HHS

Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh and town health director Shaun McAuliffe issued a joint statement Wednesday to address the surge in COVID cases at Hopkinton High School. "We are finding that students are testing positive for the virus at rates that have not occurred...

Mar 2021 15

Superintendent: No plans to go all-remote at high school despite COVID surge

Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, in an email to schools families Monday, stated that there are no plans to switch to a temporary all-remote learning model at Hopkinton High School despite a run on COVID-19 cases there. In the past week there have been 12 cases at...