By this time next year, Canton school officials expect to have a much more definitive plan in place for the logistics of a newly built and reconfigured Galvin Middle School. However, after a full year of meetings and planning by the grade 5-8 transition working group led by Assistant Superintendent Sarah Shaw and Galvin Principal […]
With bulldozers and active construction equipment working in the background, a group of 70-80 people, including town officials, residents, school staff, GMS students, and Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg came together at Duggan Field on a hot and humid Thursday morning to officially break ground on the new Galvin Middle School. Although actual construction began […]
Canton Public Schools is pleased to announce that Kate Gallahue has been named principal at the John F. Kennedy Elementary School. The former assistant principal at JFK, Gallahue has been serving as interim principal for the last three months. Gallahue earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Salve Regina University in 2002 and a […]
The long-awaited results of Canton High School’s 10-year reaccreditation process came with an enthusiastic stamp of approval and many commendations from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), a globally recognized leader in accreditation and school improvement. “The NEASC accreditation process is a major undertaking for schools, but it is a great opportunity […]
**See below for an update from the Randolph Police Department.** A group of Hansen Elementary students witnessed what school leaders characterized as a “very difficult and disturbing” scene on Tuesday morning after an irate parent boarded his child’s school bus and physically assaulted the driver. The incident occurred on Bus C10 at the Prynne Hills […]
With the recent approval of the Canton Conservation Commission, the Galvin Middle School project has now cleared every local regulatory hurdle with construction set to commence in late June. “The GMS project is now fully approved from the Planning Board, Zoning Board and the Conservation Commission,” said Superintendent of Schools Derek Folan. “This is very […]
Unhappy with the circumstances surrounding the removal of Anthony Fallon as Canton High’s head football coach, a group of approximately 35 parents, players and alumni took their message to the School Committee last week, touting his track record as coach while urging school leaders to reinstate him. Fallon, a CHS alum and former Bulldog player, […]
Canton Superintendent of Schools Derek Folan presented a first look at a proposed “competency determination” policy that will be used to determine eligibility for a high school diploma in place of the MCAS exam. The proposed set of requirements is in addition to the Canton High School graduation requirements adopted last year, although, as Folan […]
Canton School Superintendent Derek Folan was pleased to inform the School Committee last week that attendance is up at all Canton schools through the first marking period of 2025-26. Last year, Canton schools saw attendance declines that put them near the bottom in a ranking of comparable school districts, and improvement in this area has […]
This story originally appeared in the October 30 edition of the Citizen. There is a path forward for the state-run Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children to continue meeting the needs of severely disabled children on its Canton campus over the long term, but it’s not a quick fix and is not going to come cheap. […]
