BY RYAN O’CONNORSides is stepping away from the sideline ... again. The current Henry W. Moore School soccer coach – and former high school and college women’s basketball coach – will again try to retire from both teaching and coaching after an unsuccessful attempt in 2000. It was then that Julie Cusson, whom Sides ...

BY JENN McDOWELLAuburn residents will vote on two major school warrant articles this year, with the statemandated public kindergarten decision added to a planned joint middle school bond. Auburn is one of 11 school districts in the state without a publicly funded kindergarten program. Given a decision made at the state level in the spring, the ...

By Darrell Halen Jessica Thibeault, 11, sprinkled colorful confetti on a plate before taking a whiff of a bowl of diced tomatoes and cucumbers mixed with balsamic dressing. “Smell this,” Lindsay Miller, 11, who had stirred the mixture, said to her. “Doesn’t it smell good?” Jessica placed paper cupcake holders on ...

BY DARRELL HALENA legislative committee has voted to recommend giving 11 school districts a one-year extension to start a public kindergarten program in their communities. That’s welcome news to school officials in Salem, Windham and Pelham – three towns that don’t offer kindergarten and were each faced with a September 2008 ...

BY NICHOLAS BROWNKindergartners, don’t fret. You may still get into Harvard even if your report card shows that you need to improve your ability to name geometric shapes, plan and control your body movements or recite the alphabet. But your report card will be changing, and becoming more stringent, at almost every level of your ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYFor 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 look at security, said Mark Conrad, the district’s chief financial officer. “I think ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEYWith 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 in the elementary schools, said Superintendent Tim Mayes. Currently, the average class ...

By Rod Hansen Staff Writer Recognition can work just as well as punishment in creating an orderly school environment. That’s the guiding theory behind PBIS, an approach to education that centers on recognizing good behavior as a means of creating an orderly school environment. Educators at New Boston Central ...

By Ryan O’Connor Staff Writer After three years as head of the Bow School District, Superintendent Kathleen Holt will be leaving at the end of the school year. “I’m not leaving for any bad reasons,” Holt said. “It’s a great school district. The people here are great, the ...