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Jim Day is the new principal of the Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall Elementary School. (Photograph courtesy of Pentucket Regional School District.)
Emily Puteri will serve as the new principal of the Dr. John C. Page Elementary School. (Photograph courtesy of Pentucket Regional School District.)
Jim Day has been formally appointed as principal of Groveland’s Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall Elementary School, while Emily Puteri becomes principal of West Newbury’s Dr. John C. Page Elementary School.
Pentucket Regional School District Superintendent Justin Bartholomew noted Day had been interim principal and Puteri served as principal of all remote learning students in the district this past year.
Dec 30, 2020
WEST NEWBURY â After reviewing COVID-19 numbers and discussing options at an emergency meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Pentucket Regional School Committee voted to remain in a hybrid learning model.
During the 90-minute meeting, Superintendent Justin Bartholomew shared information he learned on Monday, saying the timing of the meeting was important because if there is going to be a change, if the School Committee wants to make a change, we want to make sure families have adequate time in order to make that adjustment.
During the two-week period of Thanksgiving, the towns of Groveland, Merrimac and West Newbury had a combined 52 active COVID-19 cases. Over the past 14 days, Bartholomew said the three towns had a combined 136 active cases.
Groveland Fire Department. (Courtesy photograph.)
A gas odor forced Pentucket Regional Middle School students to be temporarily moved to the high school auditorium this morning.
Fuel odor from a snowblower may have gotten into an air intake, causing the odor.
Superintendent Justin Bartholomew and middle school Principal Terrence Conant said in a statement a staff member noticed the odor this morning and the school immediately followed its protocols to evacuate the building and shift the students into the high school. They said they do not believe there is any danger to the community.
The Groveland and West Newbury Fire Departments were sent to the middle school to investigate.