The closed-door contract negotiations between the Canton Teachers Association and the School Committee spilled out into the public arena last Thursday, June 16, when an estimated 200 teachers packed the CHS Distance Learning Lab to protest the committee’s most recent contract offer while calling for an end to mediation and a return to face-to-face negotiations. […]
The School Committee plans to form an advisory panel to study whether high school graduation activities should be moved to another date and location. The advisory panel will be made up of school and town officials, teachers, former students and CHS alumni. The move comes after rain caused both this year’s and last year’s graduation […]
It wasn’t their first choice for a venue, but it was perfect nonetheless as the 197 members of the Canton High class of 2011 bid farewell to their younger selves in a moving and reflective graduation ceremony held last Thursday in the CHS Morse Auditorium. For the second straight year, the graduation had to be […]
Well over 90 percent of the CHS graduating class of 2011 will continue their education at a two- or four-year college in the fall. Here is a look at where the recent grads are headed: American University (DC): Robert Bronstein American International College: Bertrand Larose Bates College (ME): Ryan Conrad Bay State School: Alex Santiago […]
Repeating a refrain he made in a similar presentation earlier this year, Peter Boucher, the Canton school district’s wellness coordinator and chairman of the Bullying Prevention Committee, proudly informed the School Committee last week that Canton is “way ahead of the curve” regarding its anti-bullying policy — a new requirement under Massachusetts law. Widely hailed […]
With the funding firmly in place after last month’s annual town meeting, Canton school officials are now ready to move forward with several major capital projects over the next few months. One such project — a four-room, permanent addition to the John F. Kennedy Elementary School — will get underway in late June with an […]
Eileen Chaput of the Luce School CAPT informed selectmen Tuesday night that private fundraising for a new playground is almost complete and a community build could commence this summer. Once completed, it will be transferred to the town and made available to the entire community. The CAPT has raised nearly $32,000 since September 2010, and […]
Despite reservations from FinCom members, town meeting voters at last Wednesday’s second session authorized a $1.5 million loan to finance a new, more efficient heating system for the Rodman Educational Center. This latest proposal came as a bit of a surprise considering that the School Committee’s stated plan — and the one that had appeared […]
Following budget deliberations last week, the School Committee heard a presentation from Johnson Controls on the status of a “performance contracting” plan that would allow the schools to replace the entire heating system in the Rodman building — a $2.2 million project — and pay relatively little upfront. The project, deemed critical by school business […]
Already drained from the previous two weeks of budget deliberations, the five members of the Canton School Committee donned a brave face and slogged through their final round of cuts last week, eliminating the equivalent of three full-time teachers to help close a projected $1.5 million deficit in the 2012 operating budget. Saving the toughest […]
