Hopkinton cancels school Thursday due to expected snowstorm

Oct 2024 25

Police understaffing underpins ‘angst’ over school safety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aVlIucXFPo In her report to the School Committee Thursday night, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh spent time describing the district’s training in school safety during intruder incidents. The information came following an episode...

Sep 2024 3

Hopkinton welcomes new school administrators

As a youngster, Lauren McDonough wanted to be a pediatrician and help children. Rachel Ritchie played school with her brother, teaching and assigning homework. And Cherie Kent played school in a makeshift classroom her father, who was a teacher, created in the...

Apr 2024 30

Superintendent: ‘Racially motivated incidents occurred in our schools’ Monday

Hopkinton Public Schools Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh emailed the school community Tuesday to share that there two two "racially motivated incidents" Monday. "We are writing to report that two separate and racially motivated incidents occurred in our schools...

Feb 2024 29

School Committee seeks survey input on name for new elementary school

The Hopkinton School Committee announced Thursday that is seeking community input to narrow the list of names for the new elementary school via a survey. Since the district issued a press release in January requesting suggestions for potential names, nearly 50...

Sep 2023 27

Hopkinton schools ranked No. 1 in state

The Hopkinton Public School district was ranked first in Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings for Massachusetts. Hopkinton also is ranked as being the best place to teach, and as having the best teachers. “It’s really nice to have that first ranking...

Sep 2023 7

With temperatures headed to 90s, superintendent cautions school families

With temperatures in Hopkinton expected to hit 93 degrees Thursday and 89 Friday, Superintendent of Schools Carol Cavanaugh reached out to families to encourage them to be prepared. Cavanaugh noted that the high school and Hopkins School have air conditioning in...