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The School Committee on Thursday voted to pursue a lease agreement with a vendor for a temporary kitchen trailer to be located at Hopkins School. Members also reached a consensus that Vertex (owner’s project manager) should seek proposals from designers for...
Vertex project manager Chris Eberly will pursue a proposal for a risk mitigation strategy with nine neighbors closest to the Charleswood School construction site. The Elementary School Building Committee gave the go ahead Tuesday following Eberly’s description of the...
During a special meeting Wednesday night, the School Committee voted to appoint vice chair Jamie Wronka and member Kyla McSweeney to serve on the interview panel for the director of student services position. Current director Abigail Hanscom is retiring. Her contract...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e306fLaJPrw&list=PL8WekT6kxX1B3xlP6fIr3QmhJButK4GkU&index=1 School Committee chair Nancy Cavanaugh on Thursday announced members would be entering into negotiations with Hopkinton High School Principal Evan Bishop to become the...
Following site visits earlier in the week, the School Committee on Thursday conducted interviews with the two finalists for the superintendent position. The finalists are Evan Bishop, principal at Hopkinton High School, and Mark McLaughlin, superintendent of the South...
On Thursday, the Elementary School Building Committee talked about incorporating adaptive elements into its playground plans for the new Charleswood School. Members also reached a milestone, voting unanimously to release the construction documents out to bid on their...
The School Committee met via Zoom on Wednesday and announced the three finalists for the superintendent’s position. They are Evan Bishop, principal at Hopkinton High School; Mark McLaughlin, superintendent in South Hadley; and Ross Mulkerin, director of finance and...
The Hopkinton School Committee on Thursday heard about a wall collapse at the Hopkins School addition/renovation project site and revisited cutting $415,000 from its fiscal year 2026 budget. Jeff D’Amico, managing director for Vertex (owner’s project manager) and Rob...
Hopkinton High School students earned 23 honors in the 2024 Scholastic Writing Awards, including seven gold keys and six silver keys. Senior Daniel Applebaum earned five awards, including two gold keys and one silver key, making him the second-most decorated writer in...
Marginal, the literary magazine at Hopkinton High School, earned the first class award, the highest honor, from the National Council of Teachers of English in the 2024 REALM competition. This is the third time Marginal achieved this honor, previously receiving it in...
Updates on the Hopkins School and Charleswood School construction projects were among the items on a packed School Committee agenda Thursday. On the Hopkins project, the School Committee approved a $101,404 contract with BCM Controls, a security vendor that will...
On Tuesday, the Elementary School Building Committee approved a contract with ADS Environmental Engineering, LLC (through Vertex) not to exceed $41,030 for soil testing and removal on the future Charleswood School site. Vertex project manager Chris Eberly noted that a...
A group of students at Hopkinton High School is hoping to spread awareness about the dangers of anemia, particularly among youth and teenage girls. Calling themselves CARE (Campaign for Anemia Research and Education), the four juniors are working through the HHS HOSA...
The conversation will continue at the Feb. 27 School Committee meeting about how to reduce the fiscal year 2026 school budget by $415,000 as requested by the town manager’s directive. The School Committee previously approved a budget of $67,190,630, and this change...
According to two estimators, the Charleswood School project is under budget at the 90% construction document phase by $8.7 million, averaging $116.2 million. That estimate includes building construction and roadway costs. The Elementary School Building Committee on...
During a brief Zoom meeting Thursday night, the School Committee voted to sponsor a warrant article for an adaptive playground to be located at Marathon School. With its current wording, the article would ask the town to “vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from...
The School Committee on Thursday approved the competency determination (CD) for high school graduation proposal as presented by Principal Evan Bishop at the last meeting. The board also adopted a fiscal year 2026 budget of $67,190,630, a plan reviewed at four previous...
The Elementary School Building Committee working on the proposed Charleswood School expects to meet with the Conservation Commission on Jan. 28 to discuss road improvements for the project. At ESBC’s Tuesday meeting, Vertex project manager Chris Eberly said an earlier...
In November, Massachusetts voted to remove MCAS test results as a requirement for high school graduation. Hopkinton High School Principal Evan Bishop on Thursday appeared before the School Committee to talk about competency determination (CD) going forward to comply...
Students from Hopkinton High School are among 17 Massachusetts teams to compete on Season 16 of “High School Quiz Show.” The award-winning academic tournament on GBH2 premieres Feb. 8 at 6 p.m., while Hopkinton’s opening-round match against Mansfield High School airs...
