The Concord School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a $96 million school budget for the 2021-2022 school year.The newly approved $96,141,257 budget is a 2.9% increase from the 2020-2021 budget, which was $93,396,010. It has a general fund.
Q&A with an educator: Physical education teacher works to connect with students through outdoor activities
Amy Girard teaches physical education to grades K-4 at Henniker Community School. Amy Girard / Courtesy photo
Published: 3/15/2021 5:07:32 PM
Amy Girard is introducing her students to some new physical skills this year, while adapting her PE classes to COVID times.
Girard has been teaching physical education to grades K-4 at Henniker Community School for seven years. Since COVID-19 has limited the use of indoor spaces, Girard has been holding class outside as much as possible this year, and coming up with creative activities like snowshoeing and sled races outdoors, and cardio drumming in classrooms when there’s inclement weather.
Hopkinton to return to in-person classes by May, perhaps sooner
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Published: 3/15/2021 4:28:26 PM
Hopkinton School District plans to reopen fully five days a week by May 3 for any student who wants in-person learning – and maybe even earlier, if they can swing it.
School Board chairman Jim O’Brien announced the change at the first info session for the district’s annual meeting, held Saturday via Zoom. A group of parents in town had been pushing for schools to fully reopen.
“If we can move faster, we will,” O’Brien said. “We feel that this is the right approach and the right timeline, provides staff and families the time to prepare, and allows our students to be back in the classroom full-time to reconnect and complete the school year.”
Concord School District sees spike in CRTC applications, drop in AP course enrollment
Published: 3/14/2021 2:09:43 PM
The number of students at Concord High School at the Concord Regional Technical Center is on track to increase next year, but the numbers show fewer students are planning to take advanced classes, following a difficult year for academic learning.
In a Concord School Board meeting Wednesday, Concord High School principal Mike Reardon and Concord Regional Technical Center (CRTC) director Steve Rothenberg presented enrollment data to the board.
District data projects there will be 1,530 students enrolled at Concord High in the 2021-2022 school year, an increase of 19 students from this school year, with 1,511 students. Some of that is due to an influx of first-years entering from the middle school, but it’s also because some students may not leave.
Concord High School has placed a teacher on administrative leave after the superintendent says the teacher used “unauthorized physical action” against a student.In a message to the district community Monday, interim superintendent Kathleen Murphy.