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INTRODUCTION: The handling of the pandemic in Italy has implied, by Decree of 4 March 2020, the interruption of all school activities;one of the most complex and hurtful measures by virtue of its impact on such a vitally important milestone. MATERIAL AND METHODS: As regards to the reopening of schools, for the year 2020-2021, a risk classification model for sector of economic activity, elaborated by INAIL, has been applied, in accordance with criteria of probability of exposure, proximity, mass gathering. The above approach has been adopted by the Technical Scientific Committee established by the Government as support to coordination activities to overcome the emergency. The integrated risk level of the education sector has been rated as medium-low, but its mass gathering risk level is considered to be medium-high. RESULTS: The measures for the reopening of schools have regarded different aspects: Systemic measures (territorial support system, new recruitement of school workers, contact with the NHS, mobility plans);Organisational measures (ex. classroom layout, timetable, consumption of meals);Preventive and protective measures (distancing, disinfection and hand hygiene, use of mask, information and training), Territorial control measures (monitoring of suspected cases, contact tracing, follow-up of absences). CONCLUSIONS: The resumption of school activities has required a complex balance of safeness, students’ and school workers’ well-being, quality of learning contexts and processes, in respect of the Constitutional Rights to Education and Health. It has also represented an opportunity to regenerate the italian school.