Joseph Greene and Sameer Kini recognized for representing students on the School Committee
Monday night brought a new member to the School Committee, but no update on teacher negotiations.
The former Westford Permanent School Building Committee chairman was on hand at the Miller School as local officials remembered his work planning new education facilities in the 1990s.
Westford Patch sat down with the candidate to talk about issues ranging from the School Department's fiscal future to the state of local politics as a whole.
An e-mail sent by the district indicates a missing child phone call was made in error this morning.
Six-year-old Meggie Norton overcame behavioral concerns to fulfill her dream of riding on the bus thanks to a song she developed along with her preschool teacher, family and a recording artist in Kansas.
Between a new website and a new policy getting rid of "pink slime", Westford Public School food service director Patti Donoghue was before the School Committee earlier this week to present what is hoped to be a new chapter for the department that was embr
Westford's School Committee took a critical look at the first year of the instruction in the world's most spoken language at Westford Academy and what needs to be done to ensure the long term stability of the program.
Lean finely textured beef is off the school menu for good.
The Big Event was a big event for Westford Education fans last weekend.
The School Committee has released details of the negotiation process between themselves and the Westford Education Association.
Proceeds to benefit music students at Westford Public Schools
Westford School Committee chairman Angela Harkness has indicated that the School Committee needs to provide more information.
Stony Brook nurse and Westford Youth Basketball Association president Sue Hanly believes the website she has helped spread to Westford has facilitated access to mental health here in town and in nearby school districts.
The announcement came shortly after School Committee chairwoman Angela Harkness said that the public would learn later in the week whether Westford's teachers' union would accept a tentative contract deal.
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Westford Patch has just received word that a tentative agreement on a new contract has been reached between the Westford School Committee and the Westford Education Association
On a 5-2 vote, the School Committee decided to restore April 17 and 18 as days off, reversing a decision in November made following early year school cancellations.
School Committee chairwoman Angela Harkness indicated during an update last night that progress was made during the last mediation between the two sides and a special mediation has been planned for today in what may result in resolution to the process.
A record 26 Westford Academy students became eligible for an all-expense paid study to Germany after scoring above the 90th percentile in the recent 2012 National German Examination.
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Westford teachers hope that a series of visibility actions outside Westford's public schools before and after the regular school day this week will sway residents to their side.
Following breakdowns between the Westford Education Association and the town, Westford's teachers are making their case outside public schools today.
The Robinson School and the Crisafulli School share a 20 MPH school zone. We found out why.
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A savings of $50,000 in a fourth year option contract renegotiation with Dee Bus played a crucial role in helping Superintendent Bill Olsen find $200,000 of cuts requested by the town.
This month, one au pair passed the baton for a new foreign visitor as one Westford family's child care needs provides for an international experience.
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Following a lack of movement during negotiations between Westford's teachers and School Committee, the Westford Education Association is asking all teachers to work only to the minimum of the formerly lapsed contract.
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Westford Public School superintendent Bill Olsen has attempted to respond to criticisms related to a new policy ranging from ineffectiveness in its attempt to fight poor nutrition to beliefs that it was designed to steal Christmas from children.
Members of the Westford Education Association took their message to the public as tensions with the town over a new contract remain.
A new policy released to parents of Westford Public School students on Friday afternoon announced that sugary snacks and sodas would no longer be allowed during school celebrations.
The Westford School Committee agreed to Superintendent Les Olsen's recommendation to cap School Choice student enrollment at around 75 for next year.
Local artists sell holiday-inspired wares at booths throughout the high school.
Local published children's illustrator Emilie Boon gave drawing tips to some local elementary school kids last week.
You asked us how Superintendent Olsen's poll on when the five days lost to snow should be made up, we have the answer.
Westford's School Committee made a decision on the much discussed topic of how to recoup five lost school days on Monday night, and a contingent of the Westford Education Association was there, albeit for a different topic.
Following a decision earlier this week by Congress to preserve a loophole allowing pizza to be counted as a vegetable, do you think Westford's schools should follow suit in their nutritional guidlines?
Yesterday a poll went out to all parents of Westford students and Westford School staff members asking them how lost school days should be made up. Today, we ask you the same question.