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Framingham teachers will start 2025-26 school year with new three-year contract
FRAMINGHAM — For the first time in recent memory, Framingham Public Schools teachers will start a school year with a new contract ratified. The School Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a new three-year contract for the city's more than 1,100 public school educators. The new pact, which goes into effect July 1, includes a 2% cost of living adjustment for the upcoming school year, as well as 3% boost in 2025-26 and a 3.5% adjustment in 2026-27.
'Challenges at every turn.' Framingham High's Class of 2024 walks away proud, resilient
FRAMINGHAM — For many students, their first days of high school bring intense anticipation, nervousness and excitement. Those early days are spent seeing what their classes are going to be like, meeting new classmates who may have attended different middle schools, and finding out with whom they share lunch period. That's not how it went for the Class of 2024 at Framingham High School. Their initial days were spent on Zoom, learning in the same manner they...
Dorchester charter school goes online-only after nearby 'shots-fired' incident
Dorchester’s Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) has moved to an online-only model after a shooting incident at the nearby Shawmut MBTA station May 31 in which a student is thought to have been the intended target. No one was hurt in the May “shots fired” incident, but it prompted...
Sisters at the top of their class head to Harvard University
WORCESTER, Mass. – Susan and Diana Luong are excited to have the unique experience of not only getting into Harvard, but attending as sisters who will also be joining their older sibling already in Cambridge. Susan and Diana are less than a year apart in age. They just graduated...
Nahant readies response to NU’s $25 million demand
Benjamin PierceNAHANT — The town has until July 26 to respond to Northeastern University’s legal motion calling for Nahant to pay $25 million worth of damages in the aftermath of an Essex County Superior Court eminent-domain case involving 12.5 acres of land at East Point. In April, the court sided with Northeastern’s defense, which argued that […] The post Nahant readies response to NU’s $25 million demand appeared first on Itemlive.
New Skills Capital Grants funding will help enhance the development of workforce training for in-demand industries
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Two members of the governor’s cabinet toured Assabet Valley Technical High School on Monday to see how grant money was put to use there. Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones visited the school’s cosmetology, web design and h-vac labs.
Brick by brick, walk to AHS future
Would you like to be part of Arlington High history while contributing to the new school? Consider donating a brick to the AHS Community Walkway. Those involved with the new Arlington High School building project invite you to become a part of our legacy. They are building a commemorative community walkway through the new athletic fields.
Weymouth High School holds commencement for Class of 2024
Here are the 414 graduates that make up Weymouth High School's Class of 2024:. Caroline Christine Abbott, Maramawit Assefa Abebe, Elizabeth-Marie Agyeiwah Agyekum, Marissa Lynne Alberino, Celso Martins Alcazar Filho, Alexis Pearl Alessi, Dominic Angelini Alexander, Kawthar Hadi Al-Hilali, Leianna Yasmine Ali-Khan, Gabriel Henrique Fernandes Almeida, Rachel Dorothy Arcand, Joshua Edward Ariel, Thomas James Arthur, Kassandra Kay Axios, Shelby Anne Babin, Logan Michael Bacon, Isaac Edward Baccus, Reshawn Zion Badgett, Matthew Joseph Bagdigian, Dylan Matthew Baker, Shawn Patrick Baldwin, Thomas Joseph Barber, Lindalva Da Silva Barbosa, Isabelle Sophia Barnes, Kate Elizabeth Barry,
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...
Woburn school officials need more time on redistricing plans
WOBURN - With the whole redistricting exercise underpinned by outdated maps and erroneous school enrollment figures, the School Committee just shelved plans to assign 181 students to new elementary schools next September. In an unanimous vote taken during a special meeting in the Joyce Middle School, the School Committee on...
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