For the second consecutive year, the Dean S. Luce Elementary School has failed to meet state performance and improvement targets on the English Language Arts portion of the MCAS test – albeit by the slimmest of margins – and must now join the list of Massachusetts schools that have been “identified for improvement” under federal […]
He’s been pegged as a “shooting star,” an energetic, results-driven leader who went from being a student teacher to being the head of a school district in a little less than two decades’ time. But after years of riding the fast track, Jeff Granatino, Canton’s new superintendent of schools, is now ready to settle into […]
The area in front of the Dean S. Luce School that abuts Pleasant Street will be a construction zone when school reopens to students on September 7, but new Superintendent of Schools Jeff Granatino is confident that the project — which involves building a circular driveway to accommodate bus traffic — will not become a […]
Canton parent Jill Stevens will fill the 10-month vacancy on the School Committee left after Tim Brooks resigned for work related reasons. Stevens was appointed to the committee at the July 13 Board of Selectmen meeting among a pool of eight potential candidates. Canton government procedures state that when such a vacancy arises, it is […]
In a unanimous vote of three selectmen and three School Committee members, Jill Stevens of York Street was chosen among a field of eight applicants to fill a ten-month term recently vacated by Tim Brooks due to work commitments. Voting were Selectmen Chairman Victor Del Vecchio and Selectmen Sal Salvatori and Avril Elkort, as well […]
The Paul R. Matthews Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual “Celebration of Community Spirit” event to be held Friday, September 24, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Pequitside Farm. This celebration raises funds for the Paul R. Matthews Foundation, established in memory of Matthews, a longtime member of the Canton School Committee and […]
Alan B. Dewey, Canton Public Schools’ head of student services for the past eight years, began his career as a special education teacher in Burlington and later Hanover, where he worked with autistic students – in the mornings at an elementary school and at the high school in the afternoon. “I was young and in […]
Last fall the Hansen School unveiled a portrait and learning center in honor of recently retired principal Bill Griffin. When Griffin’s portrait was added to a wall in the lobby, a group of veteran teachers realized the Hansen now had portraits honoring two of the school’s three past principals — Griffin and the school’s first […]
The familiar windbreaker with the green CHS cap won’t be seen on a regular basis at the CHS baseball diamond next year as Tom Healy, who coached baseball at Canton High for 40 years as well as other boys’ and girls’ sports, has tendered his resignation as a CHS coach. A few years ago, Healy […]
A shakeup in the Canton Public Schools’ leadership ranks continued last week when a School Committee member and a high ranking central office administrator both announced, within a span of two days, their plans to step down — albeit for unrelated and seemingly unavoidable reasons. Already set to lose Superintendent John D’Auria and Assistant Superintendent […]
