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The district may need to spend $157 million in construction costs over 10 years to accommodate a projected long-term enrollment increase of 700 students, finance director Susan Rothermich told School Committee members Thursday. A facilities study group will be created...
School Committee members raised concerns about several issues, including potential class sizes at the middle and high school and crowded conditions in the high school hallways, during a discussion on school reopening plans at a working session Sunday. The issue of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXIPlWITAOQ&feature=youtu.be Schools could reopen on a full-time basis in Hopkinton on March 29, according to a proposal presented to the School Committee on Thursday. The proposal, prepared by the reopening planning team tasked...
The Hopkinton School Committee agreed Thursday to a one-year contract extension with the Hopkinton Teachers Association calling for a 2 percent raise through the end of the 2021-22 school year. With so many issues facing the district, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xZ0166BMNc&feature=youtu.be School will start later this fall at Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton Middle School and Hopkins Elementary School, School Committee members agreed Thursday. Start times for the high school and middle...
School Committee members on Thursday unanimously supported placing an article on the May Town Meeting warrant that would allocate a still undetermined amount of money from the stabilization account to balance the school budget. The amount has yet to be set, school and...
At its meeting Tuesday night, the School Committee unanimously supported a Fiscal Year 2022 budget of $54,153,911, an increase of a little less than 6 percent from the current budget...
Superintendent of Schools Carol Cavanaugh has agreed to a new five-year contract with a starting salary of $205,000. In making the offer, which is just over $11,000 more than her current salary of $193,725, School Committee members praised her “incredible work ethic,...
The Hopkinton school district presented a tentative budget of $54,307,442, an increase of a little over 6 percent from the current budget, at a joint meeting Thursday with the Select Board and Appropriations Committee. This was the first look at a projected school...
Parents are being asked to change course and have their children take the bus, if possible, to alleviate traffic backups that impacted the opening of school, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told members of the Hopkinton School Committee on Thursday night. Traffic has...
Tuesday's School Committee meeting was canceled, as the committee waited for the Hopkinton Teachers Association to meet and vote on the "last best offer" from the district before the first day of school tomorrow. Both sides indicated there would be no delay to the...
The question of whether to livestream some live classes is holding up an agreement between the Hopkinton Teachers Association and the school district for the upcoming school year, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told the School Committee at its meeting Monday night....
Following is a statement the Hopkinton School Committee released Monday night. The Hopkinton School Committee tonight made a last best offer to the Hopkinton Teachers Association (HTA) regarding a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) related to working conditions and...
A memorandum of agreement between the school district and the Hopkinton Teachers Association was not approved by the HTA, but superintendent Carol Cavanaugh said talks will continue and she remains optimistic about a resolution with less than a week before school is...
Representatives for the Hopkinton Teachers Association and the school department have been “working really hard’’ on negotiations for a...
Editor's note: Hopkinton School Committee chair Amanda Fargiano issued the following statement regarding negotiations with the Hopkinton Teachers Association. With the return of Hopkinton teachers scheduled in just 10 days, the district and the Hopkinton Teachers...
Moving schools to a fully remote model or a complete return to class will depend on varying factors, including the numbers and specifics of cases in town and opinions of local and state health departments, superintendent of schools Carol Cavanaugh shared with School...
Less than five hours before it was to meet and vote on both the educational plan for the fall as well as a new start date of Sept. 16, the Hopkinton School Committee emailed school families Thursday afternoon indicating the meeting would be postponed one week. "Out of...
The School Committee announced it will hold weekly Zoom office hours leading up to the start of the school year to provide an opportunity for the community to ask questions, raise concerns, or provide feedback on school matters. Each meeting will be hosted by two...
The state commissioner of education hopes students can return to school this fall on a full-time basis, a 180-degree change from his previous inclination to encourage a combination of remote learning and brick-and-mortar return, superintendent Carol Cavanaugh told...
