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Massachusetts college student struggles to get home ahead of Hurricane Milton
TEWKSBURY - Hurricanes Helene and Milton are causing local college students studying in Florida to evacuate back home, many to Massachusetts. Meanwhile, travelers scrambled at Logan Airport for last-minute flights, either heading to New England to escape Hurricane Milton or trying to get back home to Florida.Maximus Mattuchio spent his Tuesday afternoon passing a football with a friend on his Tewksbury lawn. Just 24 hours earlier, he was hitching a ride to Orlando, trying to outrun Hurricane Milton as it barrels towards the Florida coast.Hurricane Milton, which strengthened into a powerful Category 5 storm Tuesday is set to hit the...
8 Mass. colleges sued for alleged financial aid conspiracy
BOSTON - Eight private colleges in Massachusetts are among 40 top universities named in a class action lawsuit over financial aid practices. The plaintiffs allege that the schools engaged in a "price-fixing conspiracy" that made tuition more expensive for students with divorced or separated parents.The lawsuit claims that the nonprofit College Board has since 2006 pushed schools to consider the income and assets of noncustodial parents from a student's CSS Profile when determining a financial aid award. That's resulted in students from those family situations paying about $6,200 more for college on average, the lawsuit says, compared to schools that...
Too Hard or Too Easy: The ‘Big, Statewide Fight’ Over MA. Graduation Requirement
Massachusetts mom Shelley Scruggs says she’s spent the last decade thinking and worrying about standardized testing — specifically the three exams her son would need to pass in order to earn a high school diploma. A junior at a technical high school in Lexington, her son, who has ADD and an Individualized Education Program, has […]
High school football predictions (Week 6)
Joey BarrettJOEY BARRETT – ITEM SPORTS EDITOR Overall: 33-10 Last week: 8-0 Swampscott 28 Gloucester 14 Salem 21 Saugus 6 Marblehead 37 Beverly 10 Lynn English 34 Malden 6 Lynnfield 47 Triton 12 Lynn Tech 28 Keefe 0 Bishop Fenwick 21 Cardinal Spellman 20 KIPP 27 Lowell Catholic 20 St. John’s Prep 40 Saint John’s 0 […] The post High school football predictions (Week 6) appeared first on Itemlive.
Environmental advocates push for more efforts to reduce lead contamination in schools
Environmental advocates say the announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week to set a 10-year deadline for most utilities to replace lead service lines for drinking water in homes is a major step forward for improving public health. But they caution the change doesn’t go far enough to protect kids at school.
Wu toes line on MCAS ballot question, declines to take public position
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she's concerned about using MCAS scores as a graduation requirement, but she's not comfortable with the lack of clarity about the alternatives. In just a few weeks, Massachusetts voters will decide whether MCAS test scores will still be used as a graduation requirement for high school students. Question 2 has ignited a spirited debate among parents, educators, and officials about the merits of standardized testing and how those scores should be used.
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