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Shrewsbury - The nearly double-digit increase to the school budget and parent fees were among the top concerns brought up at a School Committee public hearing Feb. 6. The School Department has requested a budget of $46.82 million, which represents a 9.7 percent budget increase over fiscal year (FY) 2008. More ... Westborough - Hastings Elementary School third-graders (l to r) Lucas Powers, John Fallon, Cassie Domeij and Grace Sung work on a project inspired by Nigerian Adire Cloths, during art class. The students were creating designs with crayons on paper, which will then be covered with a light layer of paint to fill in between crayon lines. More ... Northborough - The K-8 School Committee approved and forwarded to the town a proposed fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget in the amount of $17.5 million, an increase of almost $1 million over this year's budget. While the proposed budget is still an increase of 5.79 percent over the FY 2008 budget, it is $363,000 less than the preliminary budget unveiled last month. More ... Hudson - Thousands of elementary school children across the country gather every Nov. 11 to celebrate the nation's veterans and thank them for their service. But for the teachers at Hubert Kindergarten Center in Hudson, one day a year just isn't enough. More ... Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury school officials are reminding parents and bus drivers to be diligent in terms of bus safety following the death of 5-year-old Darnell Cobb, who choked to death on a Marlborough school bus last month. More ... Shrewsbury - On Feb. 4, the students at Walter J. Paton School had a special visitor. Rich Arum, an actor from the Historical Perspectives for Children organization, came dressed in costume as U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Arum took the students on a journey back to 1865 and taught them what life was like for Lincoln as a young boy and through his presidency. More ... By Angela Greiner Community Reporter Marlborough - Dressed in real-life western garb and armed with a guitar, banjo, harmonica and mandolin, Skip Gorman will share stories and music of the Old West. Gorman, otherwise known as the "Real-Life Cowboy," will perform in the newly remodeled gym of the Bigelow School, 57 Orchards St. in Marlborough, Wednesday Feb. More ... Marlborough - In March, the Citizen's Scholarship Foundation (CSF) of Marlborough's "Dollars for Scholars" program will have scholarship application forms in the Marlborough Public Library and the guidance offices of Marlborough High School, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, Hudson Catholic High School, Marian High School and St. More ... |
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