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Looking forward to when school gets out. In July.

By oddjob60 - 1/27/11 - 5:20 pm

It's getting to the point where you need more than your hands to count the number of snow days around here, which means summer vacations will start a bit later than usual for a lot of kids.

In Boston, the last day of school has moved from June 21 to the 27th. But it won't go much further: the teachers contract stipulates that school can not go past June 30, reports the Globe. To make the mandated 180 days of instruction happen, they may take away some of the April vacation.

“If we have a couple more we’re going to have to look at other ways to make these up,” [schools spokesman Matthew] Wilder said. “At this stage, I think everything is on the table,” he added when asked if school officials were eyeing any dates in particular should two more cancellations occur.

Same story in my town, Mansfield, where at this point school won't get out until June 28. Three more snow days, and hello July!

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YOUR school might not be closed, but these are

By ShaneCurcuru - 12/9/09 - 9:02 am

Yes, Virginia, those living outside of 495 may well be having a home day for the whole family. Quite a lot of schools and the like closed out where it's really snowing.

Preschooler hangs out on Northbridge school bus all day

By neilv - 5/14/09 - 8:13 am

A preschooler was left accidentally on a Northbridge school bus Monday for more than six hours, the Globe reports.

The article did not say whether the teachers or staff at his school noticed his absence, nor whether the school has policy of checking with parent or guardian when a preschooler is absent.

School is CLOSED! (well, some)

By [email protected] - 1/27/09 - 5:04 pm

And the school closings begin to roll in, and roll in, and roll in.

OK, it's only Somerville, Everett, a coupl'a places in NH, and some little private places. But there'll be more come nightfall, mark my words!

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Project Bread's Plan for Better School Meals

By brooke_mackinnon - 9/10/08 - 11:38 am

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September 10, 2008 – As school systems cope with higher costs for food and fuel, Project Bread, Massachusetts’ leading antihunger organization, provides a new Better Lunch Toolkit for food service directors. The Better Lunch Toolkit ensures school meals are leaner, leafier, and more colorfully nutritious.

love canal - new bedford style

By sheenaspleena - 8/22/08 - 10:19 pm

I was surprised to read this story on CNN & not the globe:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/22/toxic.schools...

A 2005 study by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice looking at just four states -- Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Michigan -- found half a million children attending schools within half a mile of known toxic dumps.