New Bedford High School Implements Hi-Tech Upgrades
New Bedford High School students and teachers have stepped into the 21st century. Twenty classrooms at the high school have been outfitted with interactive Promethean white boards, along with laptop...
View ArticleNew Bedford Teacher Home Visit Program Expands
Two more New Bedford schools are set to implement a program that connects the teacher to the students' home life. The Parent Teacher Home Visit Program has already been in use for about two years at...
View ArticleNew Bedford School Committee Grills Third Superintendent Finalist
Dr. Kriner Cash, one of three finalists for the Superintendent of Schools position in New Bedford, provided a fair assessment of the status of the city's school system, and gave a thumbnail sketch of...
View ArticleNew Bedford Superintendent Decision Monday Night
It's decision day for members of the New Bedford School Committee. The Board spent the weekend reviewing the qualifications of the three finalists vying to become the next school superintendent. Read...
View ArticleSchool Committee Picks Next New Bedford Superintendent
New Bedford has a new superintendent, and its Dr. Pia Durkin. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleNew Bedford Superintendent Signs Deal
New Bedford's incoming school superintendent Pia Durkin's three-year contract has been finalized with a starting salary of $185,000, a significant raise from what past superintendents earned. Read...
View ArticleWareham Superintendent Search Narrows
The Wareham School Committee has selected three finalists from a field of five semifinalists as it narrows its search for the next superintendent. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleSchool District Battles Multi-Million Dollar Shortfall
The city's School District is facing a budget shortfall, and is looking to the City Council for help. The School Committee discussed the $3.5 million dollar gap Monday, most of which lies in salaries...
View ArticleNew Superintendnent Nominee In Wareham
The Wareham School Committee has made it's choice for the Superintendent of School's job. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleWareham School Buses Overcrowded?
***UPDATE*** 4:05 Thursday, September 12, 2013 As of this morning, Wareham has split this bus into two...one for middle school students...one for the high school. Mr. Tavares has noted that although...
View ArticleNew Bedford Stakeholders Discuss High School's Problems
With New Bedford High School's level four status, the state education department calls for several actions, one of them being a Local Stakeholders Group. The thirteen-person panel met last night to...
View ArticleDurkin And NB School Committee Review Goals
School Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin offered a self-assessment of her performance so far, during a meeting of the New Bedford School Committee. Durkin told the Committee, the district needs to go a...
View ArticleTeachers Avoid "No Confidence" Vote for Superintendent
A "vote of no confidence" in the superintendent by the New Bedford Educators Association was just a rumor, according to the union president. Following a union meeting, President Lou St. John says...
View ArticleSuperintendent Durkin Details Graduation and Dropout Rates
Though the City is not on par with statewide rates, New Bedford's graduation and dropout numbers at the high school level are improving. Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin says the report released by the...
View ArticlePollock: Superintendent's Actions Justifiable
One School Committee member feels the Superintendent of New Bedford School's decisions are justifiable when it comes to turning the high school around. Making her comments on WBSM's "Mid-Day Live",...
View ArticleSupt. Durkin Holding Parent Meetings
Two parent meetings are scheduled for those interested in learning the plans for New Bedford High School, and what the turnaround plan means for their children. Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin is...
View ArticleParents Share Concerns With New Bedford's Superintendent
Superintendent of New Bedford Schools Dr. Pia Durkin is on a mission to include parents in the turnaround plan being implemented at the high school. Dr. Durkin hosted about 30 parents Thursday...
View ArticleChair-Throwing Student Can No Longer Attend NBHS
A New Bedford High School student, already facing criminal charges for allegedly throwing a chair at a teacher's desk, can no longer return to the high school. Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin tells WBSM...
View ArticleTeacher's Investigatory Meeting Postponed Again
An investigatory meeting slated for today between the headmaster of New Bedford High School and teacher Joanne Maura has once again been postponed. The Superintendent's office says today's postponement...
View ArticleParents Invited To Bring Concerns To Normandin Middle School
Parents of New Bedford middle school students are being urged to attend a community forum Wednesday night. The meeting with Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin and other officials will center on improving...
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