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Satterfield named principal of Marbleheads new Brown School He is the new but not new principal of the Brown Elementary School Wicked Local A nationwide search for a principal for the Lucretia and Joseph Brown School led right back to home. “And I am pleased to announce tonight that Dr. Sean Satterfield has been selected to open the Brown Elementary School,” Superintendent John Buckey told the School Committee. The Coffin/Gerry School Principal was one of 30 applicants to head the new schoo...

Marblehead School budget: What are you getting for your money? Priorities were narrowed; the final vote to be taken Thursday, April 8 Wicked Local Concerns about reliance on one-time funding sources, how priorities fit into a long-range plan, and the lack of a plan for addressing kids that have fallen behind over the last year and a half were the main concerns voiced at the School Committee’s public hearing Thursday, April 1. After closing an $800,000 gap between the town’s budget and one t...

Hybrid days are over for Marbleheads elementary students Grades 7-12 will all head back to the classroom starting April 5 Wicked Local A sharp cold wind took down the banner over the door that read Glover Together, but it didn’t matter because, for the first time in a year, Glover School staff and students were together again under one roof Monday morning. “I’m thrilled to be back,” said first-grade teacher Carrie Killeen. “We’ve been working towards this day for a long time.” It ...

Bike Marblehead moving on from Lead Mills Supporters hope to have a new bike site by spring Leigh Blander Wicked Local Supporters of a bicycle pump track at Lead Mills are moving on after members of the Conservation Commission said approval was highly unlikely. “My own personal view is that it would not legally be permissible to do this,” said Conservation Commission Chairman Brian LeClair at a meeting last week. “I don’t think the deed restrictions and town bylaws permit it. I really d...

COVID-19 benches some student-athletes in Marblehead Two athletes in two separate sports tested positive impacting dozens Wicked Local A Marblehead High School athlete has tested positive for COVID-19, sending teammates, coaches, trainers, and any administrator that might have come in contact with the student into quarantine. It is the second time in as many weeks that this has happened. The School Committee voted on Dec. 17 to allow interscholastic teams to practice together, inside, over the ...

Schools might not be safe for students but athletes are given the green light to continue practicing. Wicked Local Speaking from a hospital Intensive Care Unit where she is a nurse, Jennifer Eaton asked the School Committee Thursday to reconsider sending the schools into remote learning following the holiday break. “While our numbers are increasing, we’re not that high risk community quite yet,” she said. “For kids like my own, who really need to be in person and who really thrive in th...

We asked and you shared, holiday stories from your friends and neighbors (and a couple of out-of-towners) Wicked Local Leslie Mead is a believer in the holiday spirit. This has been a tough year for everyone,  but Mead lost her longtime companion Gwenn (her dog) who graced our “Your News” pages regularly over the years and will miss her kids this holiday season — and yet, she still believes in the holiday spirit. She said between the carolers, ice sculptures, decorations at the Hooper ...

Superintendent implores please – play by the rules Leigh Blander Wicked Local With COVID cases climbing in town, Schools Superintendent John Buckey has announced that Marblehead students will go fully remote one week before and one week after Christmas break. “This decision is rooted in the anticipation that numbers in town will likely continue to rise, as they have been, and in the idea that we want to give teachers adequate time to plan lessons ahead of breaking for the holidays,” Bucke...

UpdatedThu, Dec 17, 2020 at 3:53 pm ET Replies(6) Should snow days include the consistency of remote learning or the rest and relief of a day off for students and staff? That will be a question for North Shore superintendents in 2020-21 and possibly beyond. (Mike Carraggi/Patch) SALEM, MA — The predawn anticipation of huddling next to the radio for snow cancellations may be a distant thing of the past in the age of social media blasts and automated calls, but in 2020 a new wrinkle to the scho...