Frontier, Union 38 School Return Plan To Be Discussed This Week

By Franklin County Now July 13, 2020 5:35 am

By CHRIS COLLINS

(South Deerfield, MA) — South county residents this week could learn more details regarding plans to open school in the fall. The Frontier and Union 38 school committees will meet jointly later this week to discuss fall reopening plans, as well as a letter the district received from several hundred Frontier alumni calling for new history curricula dealing with racism and racial issues.

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