The first day of school in Westfield is on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the district continues to grapple with a shortage of crossing guards.
Several Westfield parents spoke at Tuesday night's Board of Education meeting about the health and environmental risks of artificial turf.
Westfield High School's class of 1971 will celebrate its 50-year reunion with a weekend full of sports games, entertainment, food and more.
School is starting soon in Westfield. Check out all the important dates you need to know this coming year:
The new director, Falyn Balassone, has prior experience working as the Director of Counseling at the South Orange-Maplewood School District.
A few Westfield school employees make over $200K per year, according to recent data from the NJ Department of Education. Find out who:
The school board agreed to pay the parents of Carter Uziel $250K in the settlement agreement. The WHS student committed suicide in 2018.
After several swastikas were drawn on school property this past year, Westfield's BOE unanimously approved an update to the code of conduct.
The approval of the election time shift allows voters to decide on the tax levy increase, which was previously capped at 2 percent.
Westfield taxpayers will get a say in the district's operating budget if the board decides to move the election from November to April.
After concerns about the revised sex education standards, board members assured parents that all lessons taught will be 'age-appropriate.'
Westfield's Assistant Superintendent will give an overview of the highly disputed curriculum at a board meeting next week.
The district was recognized for its achievements in music education, despite recently making cuts to the music and arts department.
In a nearly six-hour meeting, Westfield's school board voted to cut 24 staff positions, a large majority in the arts.
U.S. News evaluated over 17,800 schools in its 2022 ranking. AP and IB exams and standardized test scores were heavily weighted.
Lessons on gender identity and identifying male and female genitalia are among the topics proposed for the new sex education curriculum.
At least 10 staff members in the arts department have been fired or reassigned at Westfield Public Schools, according to an arts coalition.
Westfield teens may be able to catch some extra z's if a new NJ bill is passed. Readers feel mixed about this potential change.
A swastika was discovered in the girls bathroom at Westfield High School on Wednesday. The school is looking for the person(s) responsible.
Jared Isaacman, the Westfield native who orbited Earth on the 'Resilience' mission last fall, visited Wilson Elementary on Wednesday.
School officials said the district will lay off some staff, as well as cut some bus routes, to make up for a $2.3 million budget shortfall.
Biased language was written in chalk at Jefferson Elementary last week, according to police. Westfield will host a unity event in response.
Westfield seniors Gillian Strout and Yuchen Yang were selected as finalists for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship.
This year’s free Arbor Day tree is a tree native to the northeast, the American Flowering Dogwood.
Superintendent Raymond González sent out an update regarding COVID protocols for the school district, including a 'Test to Stay' policy.
Vice President Sahar Aziz defended herself at the last BOE meeting against criticism for her Tweets on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The district announced all Westfield Schools and offices will have a delayed opening Friday due to the forecast predicting ice and sleet.
Superintendent Raymond González announced that Westfield Schools will go mask-optional, with a few exceptions, at Tuesday night's meeting.
Frustrated with the school district's indecision over mask policies, parents created an online petition to advocate for 'mask choice.'
The Westfield High School band director was recognized by Yamaha for his achievements as an educator and growing the WHS music program.
The president of the board of education asked people to keep masks on during the meeting when boxes of pizza were delivered.
Superintendent Raymond González said Westfield Schools will continue to monitor COVID cases before making masks optional district wide.
"We were impressed with the thoughtful essays, poems, artwork, and PSAs that we received this year."
With the surge in COVID-19 cases bringing added stress to many high schoolers, several NJ schools have modified their midterm exams.
As COVID-19 surges across the state and country, some schools have implemented a "test-to-stay" strategy. Westfield will not at this time.
All elementary schools will return to in-person, full days this week. Intermediate and high schools will remain on a half-day schedule.
Due to a surge in reported positive COVID cases over the weekend and staffing shortages, Westfield High School will go virtual on Monday.
Union students selected as KLP Scholars are Marlon Arteaga, of Elizabeth; Sybel Francois, of Springfield; and Belicia Kensah, also of El ...
Swastikas and a racial slur were found carved into a bathroom stall at Westfield High School.
Congratulations to these students!