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The Massachusetts Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday for Russell Johnston, a former West Springfield educator, to become the state's acting Commissioner of K-12 education.
The Education Department did not release its revision of a crucial federal financial aid form until the end of December a three-month delay. Overwhelmed school counselors worry that delay will result in more students “slipping through the cracks.”
Eighteen people were killed and 13 more were injured in shootings at a Lewiston, Maine, bar and a bowling alley on Oct. 25, setting off a multiday search for the gunman, whose body was found two days later.