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By John Lee Grant | (WHAV News file photograph.) There are no major building problems yet at Haverhill’s William H. Moody School and Haverhill Facilities Director Stephen D. Dorrance wants to stay ahead of issues at the 107-year-old school. Dorrance told the School Committee last week he has concerns about the state of the windows, roof and heating system at the school, which was last renovated 30 years ago. He told members that, while none of those systems have failed yet, he would like to address their safety and reliability now, before they do. Dorrance reported some of the issues he ha...

Officials are investigating the weekend death of an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Greene. William Kitchen, 55, was found unresponsive in his cell around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a release issued by prison Superintendent Michael Zaken. The release indicated employees at the prison were conducting security rounds on a housing unit when they discovered Kitchen. Staff and medical personnel responded to the unit, and Kitchen was pronounced dead by the emergency medical services personnel. In accordance with state policy, state police were notified and will conduct an inve...

From mentorship to Nintendo Switch raffles, Bridgeport schools see drop in chronic absenteeism FacebookTwitterEmail Desks are in place at a safe social distance in a classroom of Johnson School, in Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 27, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media BRIDGEPORT — At the Geraldine W. Johnson School in Bridgeport, about a third of the students were repeatedly not showing up for class. It was a trend seen district-wide — with some schools seeing chronic absenteeism rates upward of 50 percent — as the pandemic shifted learning online and took kids out of the classroom. The ...

The district is aiming to have 100% of its seniors return in-person to finish the school year. Credit: mnirat - stock.adobe.com Author: Lauren Zakalik Updated: 7:59 PM CDT April 8, 2021 DALLAS — The Dallas Independent School District plans to welcome all graduating seniors back to campus on April 12 to finish out the year, according to an announcement from Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. Earlier in the day, Dallas ISD board trustees discussed their plan to invite all seniors back to in-person learning, five days a week, for the final nine weeks of school.  ...

By WHAV Staff | Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta. (WHAV News file photograph.) Haverhill school grades from pre-kindergarten to fourth are back to school in person Friday, but dealing with the lingering effects of Wednesday’s ransomware attack. School buildings will not have standard internet, but a “workaround” is in place to bring internet in from outside to use such programs as SchoolBrains, Google programming and eSped. Haverhill Superintendent Margaret Marotta told the School Committee Thursday night there are also certain hotspots operating within the schools for ...