Although no vote will be taken until May 16, the School Committee held a workshop on Thursday to evaluate Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh, rating her as having “met” or “exceeded” seven goals. During the 2 ½ hour meeting, four committee members (Adam Munroe was absent)...
Only a few questions were raised following an hour-long presentation regarding the proposed Hopkins School addition/renovation project at Tuesday’s public forum. Residents will vote on the plan at Town Meeting, which starts May 6, and again on the May 20 ballot — with...
In March, he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall as the result of a near perfect score and first-place finish in the junior division of the Crescendo International Music Competition. The previous summer, he showcased his flute playing at Weill Recital Hall, also...
The School Committee on Thursday voted to authorize a budget request total of $48,550,000 for the Hopkins School addition/renovation, following an update and breakdown from project managers. Committee members want that amount to appear on the May 6 Town Meeting...
Following a reconciliation by two estimators, the construction costs for the newly named Charleswood School are under budget by $1.4 million, with $9.9 million in contingencies remaining. Chris Eberly, Vertex’s senior project manager, explained the estimate by...
Hopkinton High School juniors Dylan Striek and Anoushka Nair both have family histories of diabetes, and they recognized that glucose monitoring can be costly and inconvenient with painful, invasive blood pricks. The duo set out to find a scientific solution to the...
The most exciting victory by a Hopkinton High School team this year might have come not on a field or court, but in a television studio. A team comprised of HHS students Alex Stephan, Abhishek Vijay, Ishan Ramesh and Gwen Parduhn won its opening-round match on GBH’s...
Robert Bell, educational programmer for architectural firm Perkins Eastman, said the design elements of the new elementary school project have an “overarching theme that is calming and natural.” His presentation on Tuesday to the Elementary School Building Committee...
At its meeting Tuesday, the Parks & Recreation Commission authorized chair Dan Terry to appear before the Select Board and ask that eight spots in the EMC Park parking lot be designated for one-hour parking only on weekdays in the daytime. Further, the board would...
Growing up with deaf parents and now a special education teacher, Megan McNeill is excited to be running the Boston Marathon on behalf of the Hopkinton Special Education Parent Advisory Council. McNeill is hoping to raise a minimum of $8,000 to help special education...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8obLQYJP_uA&list=PL8WekT6kxX1B3xlP6fIr3QmhJButK4GkU&index=1 The School Committee on Thursday — in addition to settling on a name for the new elementary school — authorized Vertex to take cost-cutting measures totaling $1,081,000...
Mallory Sakats is looking forward to running in the Boston Marathon on April 15 because she believes no other event “holds a candle to it.” “I think it is definitely the energy, the electricity that fills the whole route from Hopkinton to Boston that makes the...
Chris Eberly, project manager at Vertex, said that the School Committee would hear a presentation Thursday on potential value engineering options totaling $1,080,000 that could reduce per square footage costs by $10 for the proposed Hopkins School addition/renovation...
On Wednesday, a public forum about the new elementary school was held to meet state requirements for the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act office. The MEPA review is designed to allow residents in the environmental justice community portion of Hopkinton the...
Parks & Recreation Director Jon Lewitus said the youth spring tennis program cannot run safely at Reed Park courts because of conditions there. He noted the program is scheduled to run April 23 to May 22 for ages 5-8 and 8-12 and is sold out with a waiting list....
Sreya Ravi had such a positive experience with Business Professionals of America at Hopkinton High School that she remains closely tied to the organization today. A sophomore at Northeastern University, Ravi is serving as executive vice president of BPA’s...
The School Committee on Thursday reached a consensus to narrow down its name choices for the new elementary school to town- and site-related geographic/natural environment alternatives. A decision was postponed until member Adam Munroe could be present. Like other...
High school participants in the School the World service program are referred to as “world changers.” But if you ask Hopkinton resident Wheatley Evarts, it is more the other way around. The experience of helping to build a school in Panama last year was eye opening...
Following a tour of Hopkins School, School Committee members gathered in the library Thursday night to talk about plans for an addition and renovations. Town Meeting will vote in May on the proposed $49.7 million project. Dan Colli, senior project manager for the...
During an unusually short 15-minute meeting on Tuesday, the Elementary School Building Committee approved invoices and announced an upcoming community forum. The committee authorized total payment of $651,151.35 to Vertex and Perkins Eastman for costs associated with...
