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The state suspended MCAS exams in 2020, returning in 2021 with a version allowing for remote administration and shorter testing time for grades 3-8.
Students And Teachers Anxious About Return To In-Class Instruction Catherine De Jesus Martinez is a junior at Dorchesterâs Boston International Newcomers Academy and president of her class. She said that she's happy to have her first vaccine dose and be returning to in-person learning, but she also sees the anxiety among some of her classmates. courtesy Catherine De Jesus Martinez Returning To In-Class Instruction Massachusetts students will continue their return to full-time, in-person instruction during the next few weeks, and there's a new focus on the social, emotional and academic n...
Massachusetts students don’t have to take MCAS; and some are arguing they shouldn’t Updated 6:35 AM; Today 5:50 AM Clockwise from the top left, Nora Dyer-Murphy, Abigail Rothstein, Raghav Surya and Ben Schrenzel, members of the Belchertown High School student union for equity, are campaigning to let students know about their right to opt out of the MCAS test. Facebook Share With Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test dates approaching, a group of students in Belchertown is making it their mission to let fellow students know they can opt-out of the test. In Massachusetts, n...
FALL RIVER — The old Bedford Street police station has a new owner with intentions to develop approximately 30-units of market rate housing in the more than 100-year-old structure. Matthew Thomas, the city’s real estate attorney, confirmed that the city closed on the $10,000 sale late last month to the buyer and developer, Wethersfield LLC of Chelsea, on Jan. 25. Marc Lederman, a principal at Wethersfield, said the city has been helpful with the sale of the old police station, and while there are some challenges with the building, his company is hopeful about the project. “...
In 1949 Pat married LeRoy C. Fritz also of St. Helens. For most of her life, she lived in Lebanon, Oregon where she was a loving mother to her five children, Karen Grant (Bob), Kurt Fritz (Terri Jean), Patty Zolotoff (Terry), Jan Harris (Rick) and JoAnn Kingston (Steve). She also has 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She is survived by all of her children and one brother Dennis Lambert (Sue). While living in Lebanon, for many years, she worked at the Seven Oak Middle School library. She loved books and the library and was a collector on her own of childrenâs books, readers and...