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The School Committee voted unanimously on March 2 to support the recommendation that the name “The Red and Black” be the new high school mascot name.
During the Feb. 23 meeting, the Winchester High School Rebranding Committee recommended the new identity.
The Rebranding Committee, headed by High School Principal Dennis Mahoney, will be soliciting input on a stylized logo soon.
Over 75 people volunteered to be part of the process and helped create the Winchester High School Rebranding Committee. We are very appreciative of all of the efforts of the rebranding committee in bringing stakeholders together and finding common ground, School Committee Chair Brian Vernaglia told the Winchester Star.
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Frank Hackett is still the choice to replace Judy Evans as Winchester superintendent when she retires in June, but details on his contract are still being worked out.
The Winchester School Committee was scheduled to vote during its March 2 meeting on the contract, but School Committee Chair Brian Vernaglia said there s more to do. We have an agreement in principle but the full contract is long and we are making sure both parties are comfortable with all the legal terms, he said. We hope to be able to vote at our next meeting if not sooner, at a special meeting if necessary.
Vaccinating educators is a start, but more challenges ahead on reopening schools
By James Vaznis Globe Staff,Updated March 3, 2021, 8:52 p.m.
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Jaden Gomes sanitized the desk he used in his algebra class at Brockton High School.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Many educators around Massachusetts were elated after Governor Charlie Baker announced on Wednesday that they will soon be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, but they say many other challenges remain unresolved before full-time in-person learning can resume at many schools.
Inoculating the stateâs approximately 400,000 educators, school employees, and child care workers could take more than a month as they compete for limited appointments with hundreds of thousands of other eligible residents.
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On July 28, 2020, Winchester Public Schools and the School Committee voted unanimously to no longer use Native American or Alaskan lingo as school mascots and to have Superintendent Judy Evans come up with a transitional plan for the new Winchester High School logo and/or mascot.
During the Feb. 23 virtual meeting of the Winchester School Committee, a new identity was recommended by the Winchester High School Rebranding Committee: the Red & Black.
Over 75 people volunteered to be part of the process and helped create the Winchester High School Rebranding Committee was created.
“I could not be prouder of these kids, as well as the adults on the Committee,” Winchester High School Principal Dennis Mahoney said. “We love the idea of honoring the past, honoring the history because it respects a lot of people and what they did before us.”
‘Reliving history’: Residents fear I-81 project could displace communities
Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer
Rather than being abruptly displaced like when the viaduct was initially constructed, residents living by I-81 would be progressively pushed out.
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As a child, Deanna Holland’s mother lived where the parking lot for Upstate University Hospital now sits. Her home was destroyed to make room for Interstate 81.
Like 1,300 other Syracuse residents, she was forced to leave her home so the state could construct the highway, which splits through Syracuse’s Southside neighborhood.
Now, nearly 55 years later, the state plans to remove and replace the deteriorating section of the raised highway. Holland, who lives less than a quarter of a mile from I-81, fears her community could face the same fate as her mother.