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Four-Day School Week Divides Parents

An Indiana school district announced that an elementary school will switch to a four-day week starting in the 2024-25 academic year. read more

For Braintree student who hadn’t been to school all year, her first day back was grueling. Her second was worse.

It was a day filled with frequent calls home for the eighth-grader, who, on the orders of a Norfolk County Superior Court judge, enrolled in the nearly 1,000-student middle school following a ... read more

Elite NJ private school closes after ‘threatening’ racist graffiti found in bathroom

Early last month, Gregersen sent out another email notifying parents that several middle schoolers had ... announcing the closure. The one-day break will give administrators time to investigate — and ... read more

Middle school can be tough for girls. Here's what IPS is doing to empower these students

All seven of IPS's middle schools will see programming designed to help empower young girls as part of the district's partnership with Girls Inc. read more

'Trickle down effect' of longer K-2 day frustrating for some middle school parents

An additional hour of school for New Brunswick kindergarten to Grade 2 students is not sitting well with some parents who say the impact on middle and high school schedules is something that doesn’t ... read more

Local middle school celebrates Earth Day by planting trees

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– One local middle school is celebrating Earth Day by planting trees. Alcorn Middle School’s Student Council is participating in “Neighborhood Forest’s” trees for kids programs. read more

How a School Made Parents Central to Its Turnaround

A strategy to constantly bring parents into the school has been central to rising achievement at a Detroit-area elementary school. read more

Former Canton Middle School janitor charged with indecent liberties against student

A former Canton Middle School janitor is facing two felony charges for incident liberties with a student that allegedly took place on the school's campus. Christopher Roy Giles, 29, made ... read more

At Lincoln Middle School, students learn about many career paths from local leaders

Last week, on The Observer Live!, we discussed some aspects of how things are happening at Kearny’s Lincoln Middle School. Yours truly had the privilege of judging the 2024 ... read more

Stonington schools cut 9 positions, ban cell phones for middle school students

Stonington ― In light of a Board of Finance decision to cut $500,000 from the proposed 2024-25 school budget last week, Superintendent Mary Anne Butler presented the Board of Education with a revised ... read more

Knoch High School and Middle School to have flexible instruction day

Knoch High School and Knoch Middle School will utilize a Flexible Instruction Day tomorrow, Tuesday, April 23. The flex day is the result of a gas leak that occurred on Monday, April 22, after a ... read more

Knoch High School, Middle School continue to learn remotely after gas smell detected

Knoch High School and Middle School students continue to learn remotely after a gas smell was detected during a renovation project on Monday. Crews working on the high school renovation project ... read more