As coronavirus restrictions are being eased across the state, the Haverhill School Committee agrees after-hours use of school campuses should, once again, be open to the public. School Committee member Toni Sapienza-Donais raised the matter Thursday, saying she has received reports of people walking on school grounds during the evening or weekends being told they […]
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By Win Damon |
Haverhill school bus. (WHAV News file photograph.)
While a ransomware attack yesterday is keeping Haverhill public school students in grades 2, 3 and 4 from taking their seats today in classrooms, kindergarten and first graders returned to in-person attendance Monday.
Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta tells WHAV listeners that responses were overall positive.
“Inside schools, everything went really smooth. The kids were adorable. I was in quite a few schools and the kids were happy to be back. One little boy told me he was just a little bit scared to be back, but he was a lot excited and I think that sums it up for everyone,” she says.
The question of when students can safely return to the classroom continues to be a hot topic with no clear answers from the Haverhill School Committee. While Mayor James J. Fiorentini recently asked for plans to return students to the classroom next month, Committee members remain divided, in no small part because the state has […]
By Win Damon |
Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta. (WHAV News file photograph.)
With the global pandemic entering a second year, it’s not just students having to cope with new school realities. Administrators are likewise finding themselves facing challenges such as the prospect of another unusual graduation day.
Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta, a guest recently on WHAV’s morning program, says with Haverhill High School’s graduation coming up in less than four months, thought is already going into the graduation ceremony for the class of 2021.
“We’ve been creating a series of different plans of what it’s going to look like. I think we know it’s not going to be our typical graduation. We’re hoping that it can be some kind of a in-person, socially distanced graduation maybe with some limitations on the number of people that can attend, or something. That’s sort of the best-case scenario,” she says.