Recapping the School Year in New Bedford [TOWNSQUARE SUNDAY]
The 2020-2021 school year in New Bedford is one that students, teachers and administrators won t soon forget.
Students and teachers spent much of the year learning via Zoom, a challenge for sure. Superintendent Thomas Anderson says students and teachers, along with parents, met that challenge over the last school year.
In particular, New Bedford High School continued to restore its reputation as a successful place of learning.
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This week on
Townsquare Sunday, Anderson talked about solid improvements in the graduation rate at New Bedford High School and the success of its top students.
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Question the Motives of the Anti-Cop Crowd [OPINION]
When the anti-cop social justice warrior crowd tries to poison your child s attitude about the police, you must ask yourself why that is. What is the motivation behind a movement that vilifies authority and makes police officers the bad guy? Why does the social justice crowd feel so threatened by those whose job it is to keep the peace?
The police are there to defend society from a minority of malcontents who threaten to destabilize that society. This is what we pay them to do, and when crime rates soar, the police get the blame. The overwhelming majority of citizens support the police, and frankly, would like to see more of them.
NEW BEDFORD Beginning Monday, March 1, New Bedford Public Schools will transition
elementary students
back into the building for in-person instruction.
This process will begin with seven elementary schools in the district: Carney, Gomes, Hayden-McFadden, Renaissance, Rodman, Taylor and Winslow. Each school has been working with their parent community for the notification of which grade levels are starting. Cohort A is comprised of students in specialized, substantially-separate education that have been attending school in person five days per week since the start of the school year.
Beginning next week, these seven elementary schools will begin to expand Cohort A to students in Cohorts B and C and prioritize those
New Bedford Schools Announce Increase to In-Person Learning
NEW BEDFORD New Bedford Public Schools is set to launch the next phase of increased in-person instruction in classrooms, Superintendent Thomas Anderson announced at an outdoor press conference today at the Alfred J. Gomes School.
This new phase in the district’s year-long comprehensive response to prioritize the health and safety of all students and staff will start on Monday, March 1, 2021, beginning initially with seven elementary schools – Carney, Gomes, Hayden-McFadden, Renaissance, Rodman, Taylor and Winslow. Each school has been working with their parent community for the notification of which grade levels.
“We are excited to be able to expand Cohort A, which has been five days in-person since September. This expansion will include a range of grades, but the priority starts with kindergarten and first grade,” Anderson said. “Schools are assessing class sizes, space, and other factors to consider other gr