On Wednesday, October 14th, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released its weekly Covid-19 town-by-town assessment map, placing Canton in the "Red Zone."
Two weeks ago, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) released the following statement to member schools regarding interscholastic athletics in regards to the DPH town-by-town assessment map:
"Red status alone does not constitute a pause in participation by a member school. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has stated that 'three consecutive weeks of metrics' should be used to determine learning models for schools. Similarly, the District Athletic Committees (DAC) of the MIAA recommends the same for high school interscholastic athletics in consultation with AND with permission of the local department of health. The DAC will not determine the athletic participation level or restrictions based upon the community color coding."
Canton High School Athletics has been working closely with CPS administration as well as the Canton Board of Health throughout our athletics re-opening to ensure the safest possible operating of CHS Athletics and we will continue to do so as we move forward under this new color-coded designation. Our CHS Athletics Covid-19 Guidelines can be found at our website with other important Covid-19 information.
As the DESE and DAC statements suggest, we will continue to work with the Canton Board of Health to evaluate our situation as we move forward.
The fall season is off to a great start with more than 200 student athletes proudly competing. We are committed to continuing to follow all protocols to provide the safest, healthiest and comprehensive educational athletics experience we possibly can.
Go Bulldogs.
