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• Voter seeks article change

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Bedford resident Gus Garceau says his proposed amendment to Warrant Article 2 will solve the school emergency access issue and save taxpayer money. Garceau said he will present his amendment at the Tuesday, Feb. 5, deliberative session Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:50 PM by Bedford Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Voting, roads

• School Board asks council to share access road expense

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE What some members of the Town Council didn’t know until recently was that the town would be asked to foot some of the bill to widen Route 101 as part of the school secondary access road project. “Some Town Council members Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:44 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, roads

• Bedford High art students decorate school with wood sculptures

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Bedford High School art teacher Catherine Tuttle loves the new school but knew some artwork would make a great finishing touch. With the help of local artist Mark Ragonese, Tuttle and three of her art classes helped make multiple stick Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:40 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, students, Bedford High, Sculpture

• Middle schoolers exercise, read, raise money for literacy

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Throughout October, more than 700 students at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School will be reading 26 minutes a day and exercising 26 minutes a day. This comes as part of the fundraiser called “Exercise the Right to Read.” The Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:36 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, students, read, exercise

• Schools set time for freedom of assembly and prayer

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY By state law, public school students are allowed no more than five minutes of unsupervised prayer before classes begin each day. A policy draft for Bedford aims to provide that freedom to district students. At the Monday, May 14, meeting, Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:39 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Education, Religion

• Gifts come easily

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Donating a Baldwin piano to Memorial School was easy for George and Jayne McMurdy. “We had this piano that we didn’t really have a use for,” Jayne McMurdy said. “And, we had seen the piano that they had at Memorial.” Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:10 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Donations, Memorial School

• Report cards reflect learning, effort and work habits

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Over the past two years, report cards grading Bedford students have changed. For about two years, the Bedford School District has been issuing parent-friendly elementary school report cards. Starting next school year, the new grading Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:18 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, McKelvie, Education

• District eyes security for all schools

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY For the past few weeks, Bedford School District buildings and procedures are being watched very closely for any potential dangers to students and staff. With nationwide problems in schools, now is the time for Bedford to take a close Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:18 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Kids & Family

• All school warrants pass

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Voters came through for the Bedford School Board as all 10 warrant articles passed on Election Day, March 13. For the new Bedford High School and middle school, voters approved bonding $2.7 million for first-year furniture costs, an initial Read More... Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:35 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school, Schools, Taxes, Voting, McKelvie

• Scanlon, Young and Izbicki win seats

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Voters elected two new town councilors, Mike Izbicki and Bob Young, and re-elected incumbent Michael Scanlon to another three-year term. In the race for two three-year council seats, Scanlon came away with 1,476 votes, Izbicki received Read More... Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:15 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, elections, Town offices, Voting

• Budget up to voters

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Though the school board hasn’t faced many contentious issues for the upcoming March 13 elections, this year’s operating budget and the opening of the new middle school depend on one warrant article. When voters go to the polls, Read More... Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:57 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Taxes, elections, Town offices, Voting

• Flex time - High-schoolers will have variety in class schedules

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Students at Bedford High School can take up to eight courses a semester, with alternating four class days and 85- minute block scheduling. The school board unanimously approved a basic schedule for Bedford High School Monday, Feb. 5. Read More... Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:14 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school, Schools

• District changes to ease school overcrowding

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY With the opening of two new schools and the restructuring of the existing schools, Bedford’s school district will look very different if all the 2007-08 warrants are approved by voters. The restructuring of schools will ease overcrowding Read More... Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:15 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school, Schools, Kids & Family

• $2.7 M bond up to voters

  BY SUSAN CLARK The Bedford School Board is asking voters to approve a proposed $52.7 million 2007-08 operating budget and to bond start-up costs for the middle school/high school. The proposed $52.7 million operating budget is an increase of $6.8 million Read More... Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:27 PM by Bedford Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, high school, Schools, Taxes