At its final regular meeting before the end of the school year, the Canton School Committee sadly bid farewell to two veteran school administrators: Jen Henderson, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, and Dr. Bill Conard, Galvin Middle School principal. Henderson is retiring and Conard is returning to his former district to serve as the […]
Project SAVE (Substance Abuse Victim Empowerment), a Community Problem Solving Senior Division team from Canton High School, was awarded second place in the Health Concerns category at the recently concluded Future Problem Solvers International Conference held June 6-10 at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. The team held several community events throughout the 2017-18 school […]
At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Blue Hills Regional District School Committee, members listened as about 10 people from the audience spoke about the graduation dress code. The dress code has recently become a somewhat emotional issue at the school, with five graduating seniors headed for the military challenging the policy regarding military sashes. The […]
Armed with an additional spending recommendation of $1.8 million from the Finance Committee to help alleviate budget deficits in FY18 and FY19, the Canton School Committee is ready to come into the May town meeting with a healthy budget increase of 5.4 percent for the next school year. However, even with the additional money, School […]
Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, Superintendent of the Canton Public Schools, was informed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) of an upcoming Coordinated Program Review that will be taking place this school year. As part of this review, DESE staff will visit the Canton Public Schools during the week of April 25. Such visits […]
The Canton Finance Committee, along with Finance Director Jim Murgia, appear poised to help the School Department alleviate a serious budget deficit impacting this year and next through a combination of reserve fund transfers, use of the town’s special education stabilization account, and a recommended increase in the school budget cap. The solution as discussed […]
The licensed practical nursing (LPN) program at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton has been ranked the No. 2 LPN program in Massachusetts in the annual rankings put out by PracticalNursing.org. PracticalNursing.org is the leading LPN/LVN advancement and ranking agency as has been publishing the PracticalNursing.org Rankings List for the past four years. Blue Hills […]
On Wednesday, February 28, Canton Families Embracing Diversity (CFED) welcomed students, parents and community members to the CHS Distance Learning Lab for an informative and inspirational evening event in celebration of Black History Month. The program’s keynote speaker was Kai Grant, an award-winning community activist and owner/chief curator of Black Market, a cooperative pop-up market […]
The field has been set for the 2018 annual town election, and once again all eyes will be on the Board of Selectmen, where incumbents Kevin Feeney and Mark Porter will look to fend off a challenge from newcomer Kathy McCormack in the lone contested race on the ballot. In addition to the three selectmen […]
A recent uptick in out-of-district special education spending has put the Canton school budget deep in the red for the current fiscal year while casting further doubt and uncertainty over school officials’ budget plans for FY19. In a detailed report to the School Committee last Thursday, School Business Administrator Barry Nectow said the operating budget […]
