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Reply Burlington Public Schools hired Raymond Porch as the district's first director of diversity, equity and inclusion. (Shutterstock) BURLINGTON, MA — Burlington Public Schools appointed Raymond Porch as the district's first director of diversity, equity and inclusion, the district said Friday. Porch is currently the director of school climate culture, equity and culturally responsive teaching and learning at Joseph Lee K-8, a Boston public school. He will begin with Burlington July 1. Porch plans to finish his doctor of education degree this year. He has a master's in educational adminis...

Wicked Local Burlington schools reported COVID-19 cases at several schools last week, even as numbers continued their week over week drop Cases were reported at Fox Hill Elementary School, Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington High School and the Burlington Early Childhood Center. On Friday, March 11, the state announced the launch of a new vaccine preregistration system, where all residents can add their names and eligibility details, and get notified when they can make an appointment at the mass vaccination site closest to them. This week, School Superintendent Dr. Eric Conti announce...

‘It feels like whiplash’: After state mandate, districts work to reopen schools Bianca Vázquez Toness © Jim Davis/Globe Staff Parents and students marched from Lincoln-Sudbury High School on Wednesday to the historic Sudbury town center to try to influence officials to reopen schools. School systems statewide are scrambling to overhaul their reopening plans and return all students to full-time, in-person instruction in the wake of new mandates from state education officials. Some districts said they might request waivers from the state in hopes of postponing complying ...

Colin A. Young/State House News Service Wicked Local Burlington’s caseload of positive COVID-19 counts dropped slightly over the past week, with one new school case reported Friday, March 5 at Fox Hill Elementary. Starting March 11, teachers, early educators and school staff members will be able to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments through the state's 170 vaccination sites and mass vaccination sites plan to block off certain days to vaccinate educators, Gov. Charlie Baker said March 3. The governor's announcement came as Baker and Education Commissioner Jeff Riley push for full-ti...

Burlington superintendent says more answers needed.