The Canton School Committee is expected to revisit the topic of face coverings — both for summer school programs and the start of school in the fall — at its upcoming meeting on Thursday, June 10. At their most recent meeting held on May 27, committee members engaged in a lengthy discussion on the issue […]
Canton School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller announced the names of three finalists for the CHS principal position in a letter to families and staff sent earlier this week. The finalists are Russell Booth, assistant principal at North Attleboro High School; Marta Cabral, house principal at Malden High School; and Jeffrey Sperling, assistant principal at Medfield […]
On the eve of Governor Charlie Baker’s visit to the Galvin Middle School to announce state funding of summer education programs, Canton School Business Administrator Barry Nectow reported at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting that Canton’s application for state-aided school construction funds, particularly for GMS, was rejected for the third consecutive year by the Massachusetts […]
The mood was festive last Friday morning, April 30, for Governor Charlie Baker’s visit to the Galvin Middle School. One person in attendance noted, “It’s a special day.” This was the first time that Baker had come to any of the Canton schools, and the occasion was an announcement of a $70 million commonwealth-wide summer […]
For the first time in three years, there was little uncertainty after the close of polls on election night as both contested races featured decisive winners. In the four-way Select Board race, Tom Theodore bounced back from last year’s recount defeat to top the ticket, leading all vote-getters with 1,732 votes.
The Canton School Committee last week received a positive report from administrators about the first few days of all-in learning at the elementary level and also received confirmation of starting dates for both the Galvin Middle School (April 15) and Canton High School (April 28). At the three elementary schools, K-2 students returned for full […]
Canton Public Schools’ re-entry into the “all-in” learning model is well underway with K-2 students returning this week and grades 3-5 to follow next week. On Thursday, March 18, the Canton School Committee heard an update on the elementary all-in plan and a return date of April 15 was set for the Galvin Middle School. […]
With expected support from the School Committee tonight and backing from the Select Board on Tuesday, Canton may soon have an organized farmers market operating weekly on the front lawn of the Rodman building. The current plan is to hold the farmers market every Sunday from June 13 through October 24. The hours would be […]
Buoyed by improving COVID metrics and coming on the heels of state Education Commissioner Jeff Riley’s stated goal of having all elementary students return to school by April, Canton school administrators enthusiastically presented its plans for a fully in-person learning model at last week’s School Committee meeting. The “phased-in” approach will start with the earliest […]
With its application completed and accepted, the Canton Public Schools is moving forward with a COVID-19 pool testing program offered by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and Department of Public Health. Although absent from the February 4 School Committee meeting, School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller made the announcement through a report […]
