A Look Back at Last Week's Top Stories

This week, Arlington’s public schools were the talk of the town once again.

At Tuesday’s School Committee meeting, the district’s elementary school principals .

There is a public hearing to discuss the proposed fiscal year 2012 budget at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the high school auditorium.

Also at the meeting, members did not support Joe Curran’s motion to accept the Athletic Advisory Committee’s recommendation to . The committee also voted in favor of amending the school calendar to  in order to accommodate the number of snow days the district has already taken.

In other school news, Ottoson Middle School recently held a , and a group of Arlington High students competed in a . The show, which pitted the students against those from Darmouth High, will air at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 20, on WGBH.

On Tuesday, Arlington teenager .

With Valentine’s Day tomorrow, Arlington Patch .

Arlington Patch also rolled out two new features,, a video roundup of area news every weekday at 6 p.m., and , a Q&A for local mothers.