Stories related to Southborough Public Schools, Algonquin Regional High School, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School.
The New England Center for Children’s 4th Annual 5K Walk/Run for Autism will take place in Southborough on Saturday, May 8. The race starts and ends near Pilgrim Church, with the route following Clifford, Deerfoot, and Middle Roads. Read the full article → from Fourth annual NECC road race on Saturday
It probably doesn’t come as a big surprise that Northborough Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly on Monday night to set aside $100K to take Southborough to court over the Algonquin reimbursement dispute. Read the full article → from Northborough voters allocate money for court action against Southborough
Assabet culinary arts instructor Clifford Giovannucci was killed in a motorcycle crash in Sutton on Saturday. Read the full article → from Assabet teacher killed in motorcycle crash
Northborough holds its annual town meeting tonight, and one of the things they’ll decide is whether to spend $100K to seek a declaratory judgment against Southborough over the ongoing Algonquin reimbursement battle. Read the full article → from Northborough votes tonight on whether to take Southborough to court
The Metrowest Daily News this weekend did a story on the new Fay School dorms that opened last year. Located off Main Street, the two new dorms were designed with the environment in mind, including a wastewater treatment facility that recycles the toilet water. Read the full article → from Town water doesn’t flush Fay’s toliets
At a special meeting this week, the regional school committee decided to stay out of the tiff between Northborough and Southborough over how to split debt remaining on the Algonquin renovation. The Northborough Board of Selectmen had asked them to file a request for a declaratory judgment on the issue, but the school committee voted unanimously not to do that. Read the full article → from Regional school committee declines to get in middle of debt issue
Algonquin sophomore class president Juliana Batista sent in some information about an upcoming fundraiser: You are getting very sleepy…. Come see the Hypnotist Show at Algonquin Regional High School (79 Bartlett Street, Northborough) at 7pm on April 8th! Open to the public, students, and families of Northborough and Southborough… a guaranteed night of [appropriate] hysterics Read the full article → from Hypnotist to cast spell on Algonquin
The third annual Southborough Education Foundation Spelling Bee was held last Friday night. SEF board member Terry Ryan sent in this report. Read the full article → from Southborough Education Foundation Spelling Bee raises over $13K
Former NASA astronaut Dr. Story Musgrave spent six years in Southborough in the 1950’s as a student at St. Mark’s. Last week he returned to inspire the current batch of students at his old school. Read the full article → from In the media: NASA vet speaks in Southborough
When Dennis Wrenn died last year, many in the community called for the Algonquin auditorium to be named in his honor. Turns out the regional school committee has a policy and procedure for how buildings or parts of buildings get named. They even have a subcommittee. Read the full article → from Regional school committee looks for naming suggestions
The Northborough/Southborough Special Education Parent Advisory Council (NSPAC) holds a presentation titled Special Education Law: Parents’ & Students’ Rights tonight in the library at Trottier starting at 7:00 pm. Read the full article → from Reminder: Special education law presentation tonight
At the Regional School Committee meting last week, committee members discussed how to resolve the disagreement between Northborough and Southborough over the Algonquin debt assessment. The Metrowest Daily News reports the only decision they were able to make was that they aren’t prepared to make a decision. Read the full article → from Regional school committee talks Algonquin debt assessment, but no decisions made
It’s all about books this week at Neary, and that means it’s also all about authors. Three local authors — along with one entertaining storyteller — will visit the school this week to talk with the fourth and fifth graders and read some of their latest work. Read the full article → from Local authors help Neary students celebrate Book Week
Wednesday night is Jazz Night at Algonquin. The event features performances by jazz ensembles from Algonquin, Melican Middle School, and Trottier, along with a special guest artist Jeff Leonard. Read the full article → from Jazz concert at Algonquin on Wednesday