A lottery will likely be used to determine which children of Haverhill’s frontline workers may return to the classroom in the not-too-distant future. The lottery idea was suggested last Thursday by School Committee member Toni Sapienza-Donais as a survey showed far more interest than the number of available seats. As WHAV reported first two weeks ago, Committeeman […]
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Architect’s rendering of three proposed condominium buildings.
Clarification: The story has been updated to note that while the developer agreed to reduce the number of units to 45, the City Council did not include the revised total in its vote.
The third try was a charm for plans to build three waterfront condominium buildings on the Merrimack River in Bradford.
The Haverhill City Council, last night, voted to approve construction of what ultimately was 48 condominiums by developer Ernest Cioto on a 1.4-acre property located at 38 Railroad St. At one point, the developer agreed to drop one unit from each building for a total of 45 units, but councilors did not make the amendment. Chris Crump, one of the project’s architects, described the plans.
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The public has opportunities to shape policy this week as various Haverhill boards meet. In the interest of transparency in government, WHAV provides this list of upcoming meetings every week.
Click image above for Haverhill School Committee agenda.
Haverhill School Committee members revisit the matter of in-person learning during a special meeting tomorrow night.
As of now the only agenda item is “Returning Students to the Classroom.” No matter what decision the Committee makes, if past choices are any indication, members have come under fire from different community segments.
School Committee members voted 5-2 Dec. 15 to have students in kindergarten through fifth grade and those identified as high needs to return to hybrid learning next Monday, Jan. 4. They also voted 6-1 to allow basketball and hockey with Mayor James J. Fiorentini as the only no vote. Since then, the Haverhill Education Association’s Action Team and Executive Board
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Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta. (WHAV News file photograph.)
The Haverhill School Committee gave mostly high marks to School Superintendent Margaret Marotta at last Thursday night’s regular meeting.
An annual evaluation of the superintendent, required by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, gave the superintendent an average rating of “proficient” or second highest ranking. Mayor James J. Fiorentini began by acknowledging this year was a particularly difficult one that the superintendent handled well.
“I think overall, the superintendent has done an outstanding job and really, what we were thrown into was something that nobody could have ever anticipated, which is crisis management of a crisis that hasn’t happened since 1918. I think the superintendent did a marvelous job and I give her exceptional grades,” the mayor said.