Foxboro resident Traci Longa’s daughter Sophie was among the many people to get caught up in chaos as travel restrictions were imposed due to spreading cases of the coronavirus.

As Foxboro schools round out week two of an unprecedented shutdown with no clear end in sight, local educators this week said they cannot predict how the 2019-20 school year might end.

To those with lives unmoored by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, any talk of silver linings might well be considered sacrilege.