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Three Barnstable High administrators may be dismissed after school trip blunder
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Barnstable School Superintendent Sara Ahern. Three comments attributed to Barnstable School Committee member Andre King were corrected on June 11, 2024. HYANNIS — Newly graduated Barnstable High School student Ewerton Decastro tearfully spoke on Wednesday at the Barnstable School Committee meeting about two school administrators, Alik Taylor and Hope Taylor, who have been on administrative leave since April 8. ...
Barnstable School Committee considers firing educators after students left in Boston
BARNSTABLE - The Barnstable School Committee is considering a recommendation to fire three high school staff members after two students were left behind during a field trip to Boston. Some members of the school community are now rallying around the educators.Educators placed on administrative leave Alik and Hope Taylor and Raffaella Almeida have been on administrative leave since April, shortly after they took 22 students to the Hynes Convention Center for a Belle of the Ball event. The non-profit provides prom dresses and accessories to students in need for free. When the bus returned to the Cape, two students were...
Forced To Adapt, Nauset Seniors Celebrate Perseverance
EASTHAM – For most graduating seniors, there's a period of adjustment to life after high school. But adjustment is something that the Nauset Regional High School Class of 2024 has long grown accustomed to. After all, this is a class that entered high school in the thick of the...
Two new teams debut: Final Cape Cod and Islands high school baseball rankings
The Cape and Islands represented well in the MIAA state tournament with 10 teams. Three of those double digit teams made the Round of 8. Barnstable (Atlantic) and St. John Paul II (Lighthouse) were Cape and Islands league champions in their respective divisions. This final rankings list will be a little different from...
The Final Five: The last Cape Cod and Islands high school softball rankings
The softball season on the Cape and Islands has come to a close. Monomoy, Falmouth, Bourne, Upper Cape and Nantucket were the five teams that made the MIAA state tournament. They all fell in their first playoff matchups, but the future for softball Cape and Islands is on the rise. Here is...
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