Stories related to Southborough Public Schools, Algonquin Regional High School, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School.
Southborough residents are invited to join Trottier students and faculty for a special presentation at the school tomorrow evening. It’s part of Rachel’s Challenge, a program that aims to “illustrate the need for a kinder, more compassionate nation” in the wake of the Columbine High School shootings in 1999. Read the full article → from Reminder: Rachel’s Challenge at Trottier on Tuesday
Fuzzy slippers. Zebra print tights. Girls in suspenders. Boys in pink pajama pants. It was all part of the act at Trottier last Friday. Read the full article → from Photos: Singing telegrams at Trottier
Fay School has announced that it will increase its financial aid budget by 33% for the 2011-2012 school year, with a special focus on providing tuition assistance to Southborough residents. Read the full article → from Fay School increases financial aid for Southborough residents
The Regional School Committee unanimously approved a $17.6M budget at their meeting on Wednesday night. While the budget is a slim 0.55% increase over last year, Southborough’s portion of the bill will increase by nearly $400K — a 6.87% increase over last year. Read the full article → from Modest increase in regional school budget, but big increase in Southborough’s assessment
Trottier Middle School Principal Keith Lavoie invites Southborough residents to join students and faculty for a special presentation at the school on Tuesday, March 1. Read the full article → from Save the date: Rachel’s Challenge comes to Trottier (3/1)
Superintendent Charles Gobron told the K-8 School Committee last week that the school budget is in a bit of a holding pattern until more information comes in. Read the full article → from School committee holds off on budget discussion
Fellow parents, join me in celebrating a full week of school. No holidays. No professional development days. And best of all, no snow days. It’s the first uninterrupted week of school in five weeks. Read the full article → from We had a full week of school!
For more than ten years, Fay School has played host to a Special Olympics basketball tournament, and this year is no exception. On Saturday the school will welcome athletes and volunteers for a memorable day. Read the full article → from Special Olympics basketball at Fay this weekend
Snow and ice build up on the Trottier roof last week caused structural damage to the building that will be very expensive to repair, Superintendent Charles Gobron told the K-8 School Committee last night. Read the full article → from Gobron: Trottier roof will require ‘very expensive’ repairs
After closing on Thursday because of snow and ice accumulation on its roof, Trottier Middle School will reopen on Friday. But not all of the building will be usable. Read the full article → from Trottier will be open on Friday
The Metrowest Daily News today took a look at how teacher salaries in Southborough compare with the rest of the state. Here’s what they found out. Read the full article → from MWDN: Southborough teacher salaries are near average
Trottier Middle School will be closed all day on Thursday because of issues with heavy snow on the roof. Read the full article → from UPDATED: Trottier closed tomorrow due to ‘large amount of snow’ on the roof
Southborough kids have had plenty of time this winter to perfect their sledding skills and exercise their snowball throwing arms, but what about their reading, writing, and arithmetic? Read the full article → from It’s our fourth week in a row of interrupted school schedules
Superintendent Charles Gobron has been waking up early a lot lately. It’s not insomnia. It’s not the stress of budget season. He’s been waking up early to make a phone call. You all know the phone call I’m talking about: the snow day phone call. Read the full article → from Anatomy of a snow day: How the call to cancel school is made