Keeping the Fiscal Year 2022 school budget to a 2.5 percent increase over current spending will be “mathematically impossible” without eliminating positions, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told School Committee members Thursday. A major obstacle to staying at a 2.5...
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School Committee discusses strategy for eventual full-time return
A quick return to full-time, in-school education is not feasible because of logistical and scheduling issues, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told School Committee members Thursday. The issue of how and when to return to school full-time will be the task of a group...
Superintendent: School Committee may soon form group to consider eventual full in-person return to school
School Committee members may form a group to consider returning students to school full-time, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh said Wednesday during an appearance on HCAM's Hopkinton Hangout Hour. That group, which is scheduled to be discussed at the Dec. 17 School...
Another individual at HHS tests positive for COVID-19
On Wednesday afternoon, for the second time this week, Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop emailed families to inform them that a person in the HHS community has tested positive for COVID-19. Families with students who were in close contact with the individual...
Individual in HHS community tests positive for COVID-19 but school still on
As Hopkinton High School heads into the Thanksgiving break, principal Evan Bishop emailed families to inform them that a person in the HHS community has tested positive for COVID-19. "The Hopkinton Public Schools are working closely with the Community Tracing...
HPS families cautioned about holiday travel
Hopkinton Public Schools superintendent Carol Cavanaugh emailed the schools community earlier this month to clarify the protocol for those planning to travel during the Thanksgiving break. According to Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 travel order...
College honors: Residents achieve success
Hopkinton’s Jimmy Adams, now a senior at Hobart College, was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2020 semester. … Hopkinton’s Ben Leibowitz, a sophomore communications major at Worcester State, will perform in the chorus in the school’s virtual production of...
District considers later start times for all schools in future
Elementary and secondary schools could start at a later hour in the future to allow students to get more sleep, School Committee members said Thursday at their meeting. One possibility could be starting the high school and middle school at 8 a.m. and elementary...
Hopkinton schools will go to entirely remote learning for 1 week right after Thanksgiving
Hopkinton schools will go to a fully remote learning model for the week after Thanksgiving, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told School Committee members Thursday night. The move is...
Hopkinton schools ranked No. 1 in state by Niche
Hopkinton was ranked as the No. 1 school district in Massachusetts for 2021 by Niche, a website that rates schools, companies and neighborhoods nationwide. The district received an A-plus overall grade, earning A-pluses in academics, teachers, college prep and...
Hopkinton schools to retain hybrid model despite pressure to return to full in-person learning
Hopkinton schools will remain in their current learning model and not move to full-time instruction despite recent recommendations by the governor and education officials,...
HPS reminder: Flu vaccine deadline Dec. 31
The Hopkinton Public Schools district is reminding families that all public school students from pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 are required to have an influenza vaccine in adherence with the updated Massachusetts immunization guidelines. The deadline to submit...
14 from HHS recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program
Hopkinton High School placed 14 individuals on the list of Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Program for 2021. The students were recognized for demonstrating outstanding performance on the qualifying test, placing in the top 50,000 out of the 1.5...
HHS students advocate for ocean life with Beachlex
The reasons why people should support aquatic life could fill an ocean, members of a new organization led by Hopkinton High School students believe. And in fact, they do, the students say. From a fish that produces 300 million eggs at a time to a footlong octopus that...
College honors: 4 from Hopkinton graduate from Stonehill
At Stonehill College’s commencement exercises, held Aug. 8, Hopkinton’s Cameron Finlayson, Nicholas Gammal, Rachel Der Kinderen and Samuel Lehman were among the graduating class. … Megan Donovan graduated from Hofstra University in the spring, earning a Bachelor of...
HHS reports another COVID case, reaches out to affected families
Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop emailed families on Sunday evening to notify them that an individual in the HHS community tested positive for COVID-19. "The Hopkinton Public Schools are working closely with the Community Tracing Collaborative (CTC) and...
HHS cancels live classes Friday for Grade 9 after another positive COVID case
Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop announced via email Thursday night that "another person in the high school community" has tested positive for COVID-19, and all ninth-graders will have remote learning Friday "out of an abundance of caution." All other...
Pair from HHS join Youth in Philanthropy board
The Foundation for MetroWest announced 32 students, including Hopkinton’s Kevin Gu and Ashley Wojcik, will represent MetroWest on its Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) Junior Board. The students will serve on the student-run board, which functions like a nonprofit board and...
HHS reports another COVID case; affected families being notified
Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop emailed families Wednesday to inform them that there has been another positive case of COVID-19 in the HHS community. The Hopkinton Public Schools are working closely with the Community Tracing Collaborative (CTC) and...
Superintendent: COVID cases were contracted outside schools
Six people in the Hopkinton school community tested positive for COVID-19 through the middle of October, but none of them contracted the virus within the schools, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told Hopkinton School Committee members at Thursday's meeting. “To date we...