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Cell phones have been around since 1984, but texting has only been available since the late 1990’s. In fact, cell phones – then called “mobile” phones – didn’t have full keyboards until the Nokia 900i Communicator was issued in 1997. Now? According to a 2017 texting study (that did not include app-to-app messaging), more than 900 million texts are sent every hour worldwide with a whopping 22 billion daily. Believing their students learned typing on their cell phones and laptops, schools began to remove from their already busy curriculums what had been a staple on them for a century: the typing class. Back in the day, students were usually taught “touch typing” or “keyboarding” that was reportedly devised by a court stenographer, Frank McGurrin, in 1888. The students were taught to start typing with their fingers touching specific keys – called the “home” row at the center of an English keyboard. With their fingers resting on the A, S, D, F, J, K ....
Wicked Local In his free time, Dr. Linus Guillory can usually be found playing piano with his son, taking on home improvement projects or competing remotely with his brother to see who can make the better brisket or ribs. Recently, however, Guillory has taken on a new hobby: familiarizing himself with Brookline, where he’ll start as the new school superintendent come July. “You ll see me around some weekends, when my wife and I and my little guy will just jump in the truck and just sort of start getting ourselves acclimated to where schools are,” he said. Last month, the School Committee unanimously voted to appoint Guillory, a veteran educator, to lead the district. That role has been open since former Superintendent Andrew Bott stepped down in 2019, though Brookline has had two interim superintendents in the meantime. ....
Wicked Local Dr. Linus Guillory will be Brookline s new permanent school superintendent, following the School Committee s unanimous approval Thursday. He will be the first Black superintendent the district has had. The position has been vacant since former Superintendent Andrew Bott stepped down nearly two years ago. Guillory will take the reins from Interim Superintendent Dr. Jim Marini, the second interim leader since Bott resigned. His appointment will be effective July 1 and is conditioned on the negotiation of his contract. The sole finalist in Brookline’s superintendent search (the other two finalists dropped out), Guillory brings with him more than 20 years in education. His experience ranges from nearby Lowell where he currently serves as chief schools officer to Rochester, New York, and Houston, Texas, where he worked for NASA’s Johnson Space Center. ....
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Reply A search committee has named Linus Guillory, who has been an administrator in the Lowell Public School District for the past year and a half, as their top choice to lead the district. (Jenna Fisher/Patch) BROOKLINE, MA Brookline this week named a finalist in its years-long search to find a permanent superintendent of schools. The school committee said it hopes to make a final decision by March 4. A search committee has named Linus Guillory, who has been an administrator in the Lowell Public School District for the past year and a half, as their top choice to lead the district. ....