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🌱 What did state education leaders say about Southbridge’s MCAS performance and future?
Make time for Open House - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine on the Southbridge Town Patch calendar
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- What did state education leaders say about Southbridge's MCAS performance and future?
Also on today's calendar: Open House - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Board of Ed: assessment and accountability results (blogspot.com) — State education leaders reviewed MCAS assessment and accountability results, with Southbridge's state-appointed receiver highlighting local efforts to rebuild relationships, support students, and stabilize performance. The discussion stressed chronic absenteeism, targeted interventions, and a long-term push to raise achievement by 2031, while some board members pressed for faster, more urgent action in struggling districts like Southbridge. 
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Southbridge Town
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★ Featured events ★
- Open House - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine →
200 Westboro Rd, Grafton
11:00 am - Fall Open House →
Bancroft School, 110 Shore Dr, Worcester
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
Saturday November 14
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Other local events
- Public Hearing - Pole Hearing - River Street - Rescheduled to October 5, 2026 →
Southbridge, MA Calendar, 41 Elm Street, Southbridge
10:00 am - Morning Mah Jongg (Jacob Edwards Library) →
Southbridge, MA Calendar Southbridge, MA 01550
9:30 am - Public Hearing - Pole Hearing - River Street →
Southbridge, MA Calendar, 41 Elm Street, Southbridge
10:00 am - Karen Espinosa Aceite Nuevo Tour: Southbridge, MA →
Southbridge Middle/High School, 132 Torry Rd, Southbridge
7:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Monday October 5
Saturday October 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Fall Toddler Time
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge
10:45 am - Friends Book Donation Drop-Off & Book Sorting
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge
6:00 pm - Spark Notes: A Couples' Guide to Menopause, Intimacy, and Communication →
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge
6:00 pm - Basic Tech Help
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main St, Sturbridge
5:00 pm - AI Literacy For All →
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge
6:30 pm - Ghastly Ghosts Scavenger Hunt
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main St, Sturbridge - Book Bedazzling at The Cursed Page
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 559 Main St, Sturbridge
6:30 pm - Fall Story Time
Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge
10:45 am
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Flynn Group posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Sturbridge. Apply here.
- TJX posted a job opening for Part Time Merchandise Associate-Weekends a Must in Sturbridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Southbridge Town here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sturbridge
- InDepthNH Reporter Damien Fisher Honored For His Dogged Pursuit of Public Records (indepthnh.org)
Charlton
- Massachusetts Breakfast Spots Everyone Raves About That Most Visitors Somehow Miss (takingthekids.com)
Webster
- Projects (berkeleybeacon.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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