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Gloucester parent wins free speech case against schools
A Massachusetts’ Appeals Court sided with a Gloucester parent on Monday who recorded his conversations with school officials on video posted it on Facebook. The case has drawn attention locally and nationally, particularly from free speech advocates, when the district demanded Berge take the video down and threatened legal action in 2022.
Lynn students live and learn at Endicott
Emily RosenbergLYNN — Despite the hot and humid weather, students in the city’s middle schools couldn’t have been more excited to walk to Endicott College’s beach. But they weren’t there just to cool off. They were also there to learn about the biodiversity in the beach’s sand and collect seashells, which they then used to expand […] The post Lynn students live and learn at Endicott appeared first on Itemlive.
NSCC Offering Free Machinist Training Program at Essex Tech
This week North Shore Community College (NSCC) in Danvers unveiled a new funded program that offers free advanced manufacturing training and eduction for local residents. The program is designed to respond to the increased, unmet demand for skilled workers in the region. Job placement rates directly from the program have been over 80% with starting hourly wages for machinists of $22 - $25, and annual salaries ranging from $32,000 - $50,000+.
Story promoted to interim Parker Middle School principal
READING - Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Thomas Milsachewski recently selected second-year Parker Middle School administrator Dr. Jill Story to step into the leadership vacuum created by the late May resignation of former Parker Middle School Principal Rochelle Rubino. During the latest School Committee gathering in the RMHS Library late last...
School Committee approves various agenda items
Monday’s School Committee meeting saw the committee approve a number of agenda items. The committee voted 4-0 in favor of increasing hourly wages for cafeteria workers by $3 to $5 per hour. Chair Jenn Schaeffner explained that doing so is good for job retention and said the committee is able to vote on this issue because the cafeteria workers are no longer unionized.
Secretary Tutwiler comes back to listen
Emily RosenbergLYNN — Educators emphasized the need for play-based learning and accessible child care during the first of 13 listening sessions hosted by the inter-agency Early Education and Child Care Task Force led by the Department of Education, which was held at North Shore Community College on Tuesday. The task force was created in January through […] The post Secretary Tutwiler comes back to listen appeared first on Itemlive.
Lynnfield committee appoints Geary as superintendent
The school committee voted to appoint Interim Superintendent Thomas Geary as the superintendent of Lynnfield Public Schools at its meeting on Wednesday. In a Facebook post hours before the meeting on Wednesday, School Committee Member Jamie Hayman wrote he would vote “no” on the agenda item to appoint Geary to the permanent role of superintendent and said the Lynnfield community “deserves an explanation” as to why.
Exeter grad Kristen Beebe shares top moments in stellar freshman year at Endicott College
BEVERLY, Massachusetts — Kristen Beebe ended her Exeter High School career as a two-time New Hampshire Division I softball Pitcher of the Year award winner, helping the Blue Hawks capture the state championship as a junior in 2022, when she was also the state's Gatorade Softball Player of the Year. Beebe, who knew she would be stepping up a level in competition at Division III Endicott College, rose to the challenge in her freshman season in spring...
Nahant’s Johnson School enriches summer vacation
Benjamin PierceNAHANT — Learning is continuing beyond the final bell of the school year for the 42 Johnson Elementary School students participating in the school’s summer enrichment program. The five-week, free curriculum is funded by Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, and aims to compensate for educational opportunities that were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […] The post Nahant’s Johnson School enriches summer vacation appeared first on Itemlive.
School Committee begins search for a new assistant superintendent
Following the appointment of Interim Superintendent Thomas Geary as the superintendent of Lynnfield Public Schools, passing with a vote of 4-1, the school committee discussed a search committee for a new assistant superintendent. School Committee Chair Kate DePrizio moved to create an interview committee that would consist of up to...
Empowering Educators: Eleven SPS Staffers Earn Bilingual Educators Certification
SALEM (July 15, 2024) – Eleven educators from Salem Public Schools completed the course ‘Advancing Language Access in Schools’ to earn bilingual educators certification in a small ceremony Thursday, June 6 in the Collins Middle School Chamber. The Bilingual Educators Certification is presented to SPS educators who...
Town lauds local Barrows School student for award-winning essay submission
WOBURN - A local Barrows Elementary School student’s award-winning essay for a Mass Water Resource Authority (MWRA) contest will remain on display at Boston’s Waterworks Museum through the month of September. Recently posting photos on social media of the May ceremony, the town’s top DPW managers cheered on...
Timson happy to be ‘back home’ with Fenwick hoops
Mark AboyounIt’s official. Bishop Fenwick has named Chris Timson its next boys basketball coach. He takes over from Kevin Moran, who retired at the end of the winter season. Timson is an alumnus who graduated from Fenwick in 1999, where he was on the basketball team before heading to Keene State to continue his hoops career. […] The post Timson happy to be ‘back home’ with Fenwick hoops appeared first on Itemlive.
Pentucket Students Participate in German Exchange Program
WEST NEWBURY – Superintendent Justin Bartholomew is pleased to share that 12 Pentucket students are participating in the German American Partnership Program (GAPP). The German American Partnership Program (GAPP), supported by the U.S. State Department and the German Federal Foreign Office, allows students from the U.S. and Germany to visit a secondary school in the other country. More than 750 U.S. schools and 400,000 American and German students have participated in the program since its establishment in 1972. It is the largest bilateral exchange program between the U.S. and another country.
Whittier Tech, Essex Tech Share in Career Technical Initiative Grants for Job Training
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School and Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School were among schools awarded Career Technical Initiative grants Tuesday to train jobseekers for careers in high-demand occupations within the trades, construction, and manufacturing sectors,. Whittier was awarded $784,000 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration while Essex Tech was...
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