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Ipswich, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • Could your child’s elementary school change based on grade, not address?

Also on today's calendar: Robert Ellis Orrall with an After Party with Funbucket and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 70.
  • Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ipswich task force explores splitting elementary schools by grade level (thelocalnews.news) — Ipswich school leaders are weighing a major shift that would put all preschool through second graders in one elementary building and grades three to five in the other, aiming to save money and improve programming amid ongoing budget strain. The School Committee has asked a task force to keep studying the idea, even as the town pursues a separate plan for a new consolidated elementary school at the Doyon site.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • County Little League team wins state championship; heads to regionals (mymcmedia.org)
  • Two Estates, Two States In Two Days At Kaminski Auctions (antiquesandthearts.com)
  • Daniel Webster to Richard M. Blatchford, September 26, 1851 (blogspot.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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