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BILLERICA — Superintendent of Schools Tim Piwowar was voted unanimously by the Westwood School Committee Monday to be their next superintendent after 11 years in the role in Billerica.

Westwood Town Meeting approves bridge funds for Hanlon project Wicked Local The move toward replacing Hanlon Elementary School took a big step forward during Westwoods annual Town Meeting on May 3. Residents approved Article 13, which would allow the town to borrow $1.46 million to help with design development for the school project. Should residents approve the overall project at a Town Meeting in October, the old Hanlon School would replaced with a larger facility that would house students fr...

Bridge funding for Westwood school project gets TM approval SUBMITTED BY WESTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS The new elementary school project in Westwood is a big step closer to reality after Town Meeting overwhelmingly voted to approve $1.46 million in bridge funding, allowing architects to continue design development work until a final Town Meeting vote on the final project cost is held this fall. “We are thrilled with the vote and the support of the town to enable us to move this project forward on s...

Westwood school project gets thumbs up from state COURTESY OF WESTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Westwood has gotten the green light – and a commitment of up to $18.2 million in reimbursement funding – from the Massachusetts School Building Authority for a new elementary school. The MSBA, which accepted Westwood into its program in 2018, approved the town’s project on April 14, subject to the town approving the project at Fall 2021 Town Meeting. “This is a huge step,” said Maya Plotkin, chair of...

Westwoods School in the Woods moves one step closer Wicked Local Editors Note: The following was submitted by Westwood Public Schools. The new Westwood elementary school project is one step closer to reality, now that the town’s School Building Committee has approved a schematic design and budget for submission to the Massachusetts School Building Authority in connection with Westwood’s participation in the MSBA reimbursement program for school construction projects. “Today was a milest...

Westwood School Building Committee mulls timeline changes for project Wicked Local Editors Note: The following was submitted by Westwood Public Schools. The Westwood School Building Committee met on Friday, Jan. 22, to discuss and vote on several major issues pertaining to the plan to build a new elementary school. The proposed school would consolidate students from the aging Hanlon and Deerfield schools into one new building which could accommodate as many as 560 students at peak enrollment.�...