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 […]
The Canton Public Schools’ wellness team is gearing up to answer rising concerns about student mental health. Currently in the late stages of development, the project addresses issues raised by the latest results of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey. The survey, a tool developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
A new reporting tool tracking the number of COVID-19 cases in the Canton school system is now available on the district website. Developed by Canton High School Assistant Principal Josh Fogel, the CPS COVID-19 Dashboard provides a snapshot of confirmed positive COVID cases and quarantine data within a specified date range while also reporting the […]
With a recent rise in positive COVID cases, School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller announced a temporary shift to remote-only learning for select classes at each of the three elementary schools. Most, if not all of the impacted classes should be back to hybrid learning by next week. At the John F. Kennedy School, one grade […]
Amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Canton and with the town having moved into the high-risk (red) category, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Derek Folan said at the January 7 School Committee that the Canton schools would remain in the hybrid learning model for now, but that could change either week to week or […]
The town of Canton will have additional Community Preservation Act monies to work with in the coming fiscal year thanks to a record-high match from the statewide CPA trust fund. Canton’s Community Preservation Committee, which is responsible for administering the program locally and recommending projects for funding, relayed the good news in a press release […]
Despite mounting numbers of COVID-19 cases locally and across the United States, Interim School Superintendent Derek Folan is not giving up on the possibility of more in-person learning in the future. However, he told the School Committee at its November 12 meeting that there are a number of factors that would need to be considered, […]
Update: With the release of the latest DPH report on November 11, Canton has moved to the “green” category, indicating lower risk for COVID-19. The town’s average daily incidence rate fell from 10.8 to 7.1 and its positive test rate fell from 1.67 percent to 1.15 percent. *** The town of Canton has been shifted […]
