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Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta. (WHAV News file photograph.)
The Haverhill City Council gave its approval last night to the school department’s spending plan for the upcoming school year.
School Superintendent Margaret Marotta presented the $106 million budget at a special City Council meeting. It represents an increase of $8 million over the current year, but also includes a one-time payment of $7.6 million from the federal government. Marotta told councilors that despite the pandemic, or because of it, schools made many technological improvements using computers last year. Now, she added, it is time to focus on the students themselves.
Haverhill needs more classroom space and school administrators are hoping Temple Emanu-El will provide some of it. School Superintendent Margaret Marotta told the School Committee last night that Haverhill’s preschools are full beyond capacity, necessitating two half-day sessions in order to serve all students, a situation, she said, is not ideal. “Some of our students […]
Haverhill eighth graders are set to enjoy graduation ceremonies in June, but they still will not be the traditional type. While Gov. Charlie Baker recently loosened restrictions on public gatherings, School Superintendent Margaret Marotta told the School Committee recently that plans for this year’s middle school graduations have been in the works for several months […]
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 […]