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The timeline for Swampscott students' return Leigh Blander / Correspondent Sign up for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter. The countdown is on to more in-person learning in Swampscott. At the Swampscott School Committee meeting on March 10, Swampscott Superintendent Pamela Angelakis presented an enhanced timeline for students’ return. “I’m really, really excited,” Angelakis said. Here’s a quick look at the schedule:  March 22: Swampscott High School returns to a five-day hybrid schedule (with days beginning at 8:10 a.m., instead of the recent 9 a.m.). The SHS Wednesday half-da...

Swampscott Town Meeting OKs $2.1M to repair roof, expand school-building study's scope Leigh Blander / Correspondent Sign up  for The Swampscott Reporter newsletter. Swampscott Special Town Meeting approved two funding requests - $1.9 million to replace part of the Middle School roof and $165,000 to extend the feasibility study for a new elementary school. “We’ve been chasing leaks for the last few years,” Swampscott Facilities Director Max Kasper said about the middle school roof, parts of which date back to 1992. “We cannot continue to have water infiltrating into the building. We�...

Officials promise fines for blight Town gave property owners until Sept. 15 to address issues and concerns William J. Dowd Support local journalism by subscribing  and sign up  for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter. A pair of Swampscott commercial property owners has for the third time been mailed official outreach notices by the local building inspector for allegedly violating the town’s blighted property bylaw. The dilapidated properties the town argues remain in violation include the old gas station at 182 Paradise Road – owned by Best Petroleum – as well as the old General Gl...

Swampscott students will return to hybrid-learning plans Leigh Blander / Correspondent Sign up  for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter. After falling short of state education requirements, Swampscott Public Schools is anticipated to launch new hybrid-learning plans Jan.19, increasing the time that students are actively engaged with a teacher. “A major feature of these new models will be an increase in the amount of time students are live with their teachers when they are learning from home,” Swampscott Superintendent Pamela Angelakis wrote to families. “Major upgrades to our Inter...