Brophy Elementary News Today

Marybeth O'Brien, director of curriculum for Framingham schools, said a big initiative is looking at a literacy program that's anchored in reading.

Framingham Superintendent of Schools Robert Tremblay has named Jessica Mandes as principal at the Brophy Elementary School.

Brian Gellerstein will take over as the Framingham Public Schools fine and performing arts director on July 1.

FRAMINGHAM — Officials at a Maple Street church are proposing to install solar panels on a canopy over the parish’s parking lot. Officials with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, DiPrete Engineering and Plankton Energy submitted plans to the city’s Planning Board to construct a canopy over the church parking lot and to install solar panels. The project area is 16,000 square feet and there are no proposed changes to the existing building. The church — at 3 Maple St. — is housed in a ne...

FRAMINGHAM — Solar panels are coming to two city schools. Solar panels will be installed on the roof of the new Fuller Middle School and on a canopy above the eastern parking lot at the school. Panels will also be installed on a canopy over the main parking lot at Brophy Elementary School. City leaders worked with Solect Energy through the Power Options Program, an energy-buying consortium that operates a solar program available to municipalities, to pursue both solar energy initiatives. Sole...

School officials are seeking authorization for solar energy projects at Brophy, Fuller schools

Latin returns from the dead in $148M Framingham school budget FRAMINGHAM — At Framingham High School, Latin is the 2,700-year-old comeback kid. School Committee members voted unanimously Wednesday to pass the districts fiscal 2022 operating budget. District leaders restored Latin personnel into the $148,232,945 spending package since the committees last meeting. Originally, the budget cut the hours of an employee in the Latin program. School officials had planned to phase out the language by ...

This story is being provided for free as part of a series on childcare during the COVID pandemic, powered by the Solutions Journalism Network and dedicated to delivering solution-oriented stories about problems our community is facing.  CAMBRIDGE — Pages from the graphic novel “Hilo,” with its boy robot superhero, came to life in the backseat of a car last month, as Paul Lamoureux’s voice rose from a smartphone in the hands of an 8-year-old Cambridge student. “On Wednesday, we manage...

VALENTINES DAY In the mood for a romantic comedy? Here are 10 set in Boston (and a map of the on-screen locations) By Diti Kohli Globe Correspondent,Updated February 11, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Alexis (Kate Hudson) gallivants around Boston in the 2008 movie "My Best Friends Girl."Claire Folger Time and time again, Hollywood has staged epic love stories in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. But Boston, with its unique skyline, distinct seasons, and romantic waterfront location, has h...