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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Ritzer fund, PTO donate $235,000 to Sanborn playground project
The Andover Select Board accepted $235,000 in donations for the Sanborn Elementary School playground renovation, including $160,000 from the Colleen E. Ritzer Memorial Fund honoring the former Sanborn student killed in 2013.
Education
North Andover teaching assistants' contract set to expire Monday
North Andover teaching assistants will work without raises or new benefits after their contract expired Aug. 25, with the union saying the School Committee has yet to present a salary proposal despite the NAEA submitting its proposals in March.
Education
Merrimack opens wellness center with services for area residents
Merrimack College launched CHAMP, a health sciences center on its North Andover campus offering performance testing, nutrition services and wellness programs that the college says will be available to community members as well as students.
Education
Ritzer fund, PTO donate $235,000 to Sanborn playground project
The Andover Select Board accepted $235,000 in donations for the Sanborn Elementary School playground renovation, including $160,000 from the Colleen E. Ritzer Memorial Fund honoring the former Sanborn student killed in 2013.
Education
Ritzer fund, PTO donate $235,000 to Sanborn playground project
The Andover Select Board accepted $235,000 in donations for the Sanborn Elementary School playground renovation, including $160,000 from the Colleen E. Ritzer Memorial Fund honoring the former Sanborn student killed in 2013.
Education
Superintendent Taverna to hold open office hours Aug. 24
Andover Superintendent Keith Taverna will hold open office hours on Monday, Aug. 24, from 3 to 5 p.m. at 30 Whittier Court, giving families a chance to raise concerns before the Sept. 2 start of school.
Education
Andover School Committee to vote Monday on new finance chief's contract
The Andover School Committee holds a special virtual meeting Monday, Aug. 10, at noon to vote on the contract for the district's next Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Administration, the budget oversight role vacated when Keith Taverna became superintendent.
Education
Andover School Committee votes Thursday on filling finance chief, student support positions
The Andover School Committee will vote Thursday evening on filling the Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Administration vacancy and an AHS Student Support Specialist position, then workshop redistricting updates and the new superintendent's entry plan.
Education
Healey files $100M school funding plan; Andover schools in line for $599K if Legislature approves
Gov. Maura Healey's $100 million supplemental school funding plan would send an estimated $599,000 to Andover Public Schools and $489,000 to North Andover, providing roughly $112 per student in new state aid funded by the millionaires tax. The proposal requires legislative approval.
Education
North Andover School Committee to discuss staff pay, field trips at July 20 meeting
The North Andover School Committee meets Monday, July 20, at 566 Main Street to discuss non-union staff compensation, a field trip request, and student achievement, weeks after renewing Superintendent Pamela Lathrop's four-year contract by a 3-2 vote.
Education
How much will a new Andover High School really cost? Taxpayers should get answers by Nov. 1.
The Andover Select Board moved at its Tuesday, July 14, workshop to require Town Manager Andrew Flanagan to deliver a comprehensive Andover High School financing report by Nov. 1, formalizing a deadline that board members said would prevent financing from being treated as an afterthought.
Education
Phillips Academy adds two alumni trustees amid leadership transition
Phillips Academy Board President Eric Zinterhofer announced July 9 that Dr. Ruben J. Alvero '76 and Christine Okike '01 have joined the board as alumni trustees for four-year terms, the second governance change at the Andover institution in two weeks.
Education
Methuen native elected Phillips Academy's 17th head of school
James F. Ventre, a Methuen native and longtime Phillips Academy admission leader, was unanimously elected the school's 17th head of school, effective July 1, 2027.
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