Saddled with a total budget deficit of $1.57 million and with just over $920,000 left to cut, the Canton School Committee plodded through its list of suggested reductions over three-plus hours last week, managing to trim another $573,000 but leaving the most painful decisions for tonight’s meeting, which starts at 7 in the CHS distance […]
For the tenth year, the Dean S. Luce School will sponsor its annual Fun Run on May 1. The event includes two fun runs and a 5K race, which all start from the Luce School at 45 Independence Street. The day’s events kick off at 10 a.m. with a half-mile fun run on a course […]
Parents of elementary school children who live less than two miles from their school can expect a $180 bus fee for the next school year as School Committee members began dealing with a $1.39 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. The new fee, which amounts to $1 per school day, will be charged […]
• School Superintendent Jeff Granatino announced that Kimberly Sefrino will be the new Kennedy School principal, effective July 1. Sefrino will replace Jan Chamberlain, who is serving as interim principal this year after previous JFK Principal Jennifer Henderson was named the district’s director of curriculum and instruction. Sefrino has been a teacher and principal in […]
The Canton High School drama club delivered two impressive performances of Harvey (1944), the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase, on Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26. Later adapted into a popular film starring Jimmy Stewart, Harvey tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary best friend: a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall rabbit. […]
Faced with a structural deficit and fresh out of one-time revenue sources to help soften the blow, members of the Canton School Committee delivered a painful warning to the community last week in what they hoped were crystal-clear terms: Budget cuts are coming, and this time, they will be unavoidable. While cuts have been a […]
On Wednesday, March 2, the third grade from the Dean S. Luce School took a field trip to the Norwood Town Hall, which houses a rare instrument called a carillon. A carillon is a series of bells that are housed in the tower of a large building. There are only 146 carillons in the United […]
With enthusiasm, innovation, and seed money from the Canton Alliance for Public Education, Canton High School students are saying “Yes” to the revival of the local chapter of SADD (Students against Destructive Decisions). The mission of SADD is to provide students with the best prevention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, […]
Thanks to the vision of five local businessmen who also happen to love sports, the town of Canton could soon have another multi-purpose recreational facility that would be available for use 12 months out of the year. The five partners, organized as 02 Realty Holding Company, LLC, recently received a green light from the Zoning […]
After breathing new life into a struggling Randolph High School in only three years’ time, Dr. William Conard, a man described by Canton Superintendent Jeff Granatino as an “educational visionary,” has accepted an offer to become the new principal of Galvin Middle School. Pending successful contract negotiations, Conard, a Canton native, will take over for […]
