Stories related to Southborough Public Schools, Algonquin Regional High School, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School.
The Southborough School Committee last night voted to endorse a 3.63% increase in the school’s operating budget for next year. The budget still needs to be approved by voters at town meeting in April. Read the full article → from School Committee votes to approve budget
Superintendent of Schools Charles Gobron has a full dance card tonight. Read the full article → from Two chances to hear about school budgets tonight
Kids in Northborough and Southborough will get dismissed early from school on Wednesday thanks to the coming snow. And for those of you looking forward to the school committee meeting, you’ll have to wait one more day. The meeting, which was originally scheduled for Wednesday night, has been postponed to Thursday at 6:30 pm. It will still be held in the library at Trottier. Read the full article → from Early dismissal for schools on Wednesday, school committee meeting rescheduled
For one member of the Southborough school district, the earthquake in Haiti hit very close to home. Edouard Bien-Aime, a network administrator for the district, is a Haitian native and has family in Haiti who were affected by the disaster and are now dealing with its aftermath. Read the full article → from Southborough schools help Haiti, and one of their own
“We’re going to lose teachers,” School Committee member Jack Kessler told an assembly of parents last night. “The question is how many.” Read the full article → from School officials talk budget with parents, urge attendance at town meeting
The school budget for next year and what to do about it is without question the hottest topic on this blog right now. It’s a hot topic for the town in general, and one residents clearly have strong feelings about (if you need proof of that, read this post and this one). Read the full article → from Attend an information session on the school budget
The Metrowest Daily News reports that construction on the new Fay primary school off Middle Road is cruising right along. They’re ahead of schedule and hope to have the building open by the beginning of the summer. Read the full article → from Fay School says new complex true to ‘Southborough’s roots’
Home bakers know there’s nothing like a fresh loaf of bread straight out of the oven. Thanks to a recent school program, a few hundred Neary kids and their families now know the same thing. They also know the bread tastes even better when you give it away. Read the full article → from A nourishing lesson at Neary
Bob Melican dedicated his career to the Northborough-Southborough school district, so it seems only fitting that a scholarship was set up in his memory. The criteria hasn’t been finalized yet, but the Robert E. Melican Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating Algonquin senior. Read the full article → from Scholarship named for former superintendent Bob Melican
If you read John Halligan’s story, it will break your heart. Halligan’s 13-year-old son Ryan killed himself in 2003 after being bullied by classmates at school and online. Halligan was left to agonize over what he could have done to prevent it. Read the full article → from SOS sponsors program on bullying, cyberbullying
The regional school committee met last night to talk about next year’s budget. The Metrowest Daily News reports revenue for the district is still up in the air due to decisions pending at the state level. Read the full article → from Regional school budget still uncertain
We’ve talked about various ways you can help the schools earn extra money – we’ve also talked about why they need the extra money. Here’s another way that has the bonus of also benefiting the environment. Read the full article → from Help Neary and the environment at the same time
There’s been quite a bit of talk on this blog and elsewhere about how to lower the school budget for next year. One option that consistently comes up is to save money by closing one of the schools — the most often mentioned being Neary. Read the full article → from Is closing Neary the answer to the school’s budget crunch?
As you might remember, the school committee met last week to talk about the cuts they’ll have to make in this “devastating budget year.” I gave you a recap of their conversation, but if you want to hear it for yourself, you now can. Read the full article → from School committee meetings now on public access