School Committee

After a violent fight at Haverhill High School was caught on camera last week, the school committee is considering adding security to buildings in the district.

A member of the school committee in Chelsea, Massachusetts, appeared in court Tuesday on charges he raped a child and enticed a child, court records show. Prosecutors said the victim was 12.

In an historic decision, the Boston Public School Committee voted unanimously Wednesday night on sweeping changes to the city’s exam school admission process.

More than 100 School Committees in Massachusetts claim that it’s the state’s responsibility to make sure each school is able to pay for COVID-related requirements.

School committees across Massachusetts are calling on the state to shoulder the financial burden associated with making schools safe for students in the fall. More than 100 school committees have passed resolutions asking the state to reimburse them for costs including personal protective equipment and additional staff as they all prepare to reopen in some form this fall, according to…

A 19-year-old from Whitman, Massachusetts, has become the youngest to be elected to the community’s school committee.

Schools in Dedham, Massachusetts, will be canceled on Friday as the school board anticipated a strike, which the teachers union overwhelmingly authorized in a vote Thursday afternoon. The dispute is over the teachers’ new contract, which the Dedham School Committee said has been under negotiation for nearly two years. An alert on the schools’ page said all grades should not...

The Boston School Committee voted in favor of closing the West Roxbury Education Complex at the end of the current school year. The complex houses West Roxbury Academy and Urban Science Academy, Wednesday night’s vote was 5 in favor and 1 abstention, which was cast by Committee member Regina Robinson. The school system says this move is part of the...

A proposal to close two Boston schools is under fire as parents protest the idea and say it will leave some children’s education in limbo. A heated debate was held Wednesday night at the School Committee meeting in Roxbury, where students expressed that the proposal is unfair to them.

The future of a pair of high schools in West Roxbury are in doubt.

A new report shows that many black and Latino students are being prevented from attending some of the top public schools in Boston.

A Lawrence, Massachusetts, school is examining its policy on placing children in so-called “time-out rooms” after an irate mother pulled her daughter from the school over the controversial practice.

A second Lowell High School teacher is under investigation for inappropriate conduct involving a student.

As Worcester Public Schools experience an influx of students from Puerto Rico, some in the community are wondering if the district can bring in enough teachers from the region to keep up.

The mother of a teen girl who was sexually abused by her teacher has filed a lawsuit against the teacher and the Somerville, Massachusetts, School Committee.

The jobs of more than 300 staff, 189 of which are teachers, are at stake in Brockton, Massachusetts.

After Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposed budget was approved by the school committee, the Brockton School District stands to lose $16 million, with 189 teachers getting pink slips.