Stories related to Southborough Public Schools, Algonquin Regional High School, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School.
Algonquin Regional High School’s winter sports post season tournaments wrapped up this weekend. But already another school team is headed into their division tournament this week. Read the full article → from ARHS competitions: Robotics match and cheerleading
Next week, Southborough School Committee will discuss the the school calendar for 2014-15. Likely to be included in the discussion is Northborough School Committee’s position to keep religious holidays and start school in August. Read the full article → from Northborough supports old school calendar model; Southborough to discuss Wednesday
Last night, the Combined School Comittees vetted their only candidate for Superintendent of the Northborough-Southborough school district. Assistant Superintendent Christine Johnson fielded questions in a public interview. Read the full article → from MWDN: School committees to vote on promoting Assistant Superintendent to top spot – March 12
The Northborough Southborough Regional School Committee has approved an FY15 budget of $20,086,188. It is lower than discussed in January, but still a 4.39% increase.
For Southborough, thanks to a snafu in last year’s contribution assessments by the state, the increase is 6.69% Read the full article → from Regional School Committee: 4.4% budget increase (6.7% for Southborough) and an update on Phys Ed requirement
Superintendent Dr. Charles Gobron is inviting district residents to K-8 school budget forums. Read the full article → from K-8 schools: $18M budget, enrollment exceeds expectations, and public forums with budget Q&A (Updated)
Yesterday, Principal Tom Mead of Algonquin Regional High School sent out a notice to families. His letter shared an updated plan on curriculum requirements for next year. Read the full article → from ARHS revised curriculum changes and 2/28 guidance talk for sophomore parents
A Southborough resident researched the effects of students’ sleep deprivation for this month’s Algonquin Parent Teacher Organization meeting. Based on what they heard, the APTO is now looking for help on a workable proposal to address the problem. Read the full article → from Parents seeking parents: Help ARHS’ sleep deprived students
Five years ago, the Algonquin community suffered the sudden loss of their longtime music teacher. Dennis Wrenn died on a student trip to Greece, February 20, 2009. Read the full article → from Remembering a legacy
Outgoing Superintendent Dr. Charles Gobron announced that Neary Principal Linda Murdock and three other long term K-8 staff members will retire at the end of this school year. Read the full article → from School retirements: Neary principal and three teachers/specialists
Southborough Public Schools and Algonquin Regional High School are in session today with a two hour delay.. Read the full article → from 2 hour delay, then back to school (for a day) – February 14
Finn and Woodward held a special 100 day food drive for the pantry. Read the full article → from Southborough Food Pantry says thanks times a hundred
Since Algonquin Regional High School’s Principal Tom Mead announced curriculum changes planned for next year, the school has recieved a lot of criticism from parents. Now he has released a statement to parents promising to revise the plans. Read the full article → from Update on ARHS curriculum changes: School listening, working on revised plan
Southborough public schools are cancelled. Read the full article → from (Updated again) Snow day: School cancellation and storm closings – Thursday, February 13
“Common Core Forum” is sponsoring an informational forum for district parents. Despite its name, the focus seems to be anti-common core. Read the full article → from Common Core anti forum – February 18