Overview
- Springfield Public Schools announced on Monday that all schools would be closed on Tuesday after a cyber incident disrupted systems needed for normal operations.
- Superintendent Sonia Dinnall said the district closed schools to protect students and staff and that the exact scope and size of the breach remains under investigation.
- All staff and students with district-issued laptops were ordered to stay off district networks, after-school activities were canceled, and the central office will remain open with some phone and service interruptions expected.
- District officials said they are using the closure to restore affected systems and to set up backup or manual procedures for tasks such as attendance reporting so schools can operate without full network access.
- The district serves more than 70 schools and about 26,000 students, and the incident comes as several Massachusetts education systems have faced recent cyber disruptions, a pattern that raises questions about forensic findings and the timetable for reopening.