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“She took all her sick days from 26 years in the district and worked with administrators to get the time she needed to care for Mary, spending nearly all her time on North Lake Avenue.”

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Community rallies to help Leicester girl, hospitalized for year with cancer, celebrate birthday
Maryangelie Rivas missed many milestones during her freshman year in high school, and she still faces at least a year and a half of chemotherapy.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Budget squeeze, 2025 election, and teachers taking too many sick days?

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WPS in Brief: July 2025
2025 election, grading policy fail, teacher sick days
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July 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
WPS Budget Cut Due to Charter School Reimbursement Underfunding. An explainer and what you can do.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
School committee meeting on Wednesday this week. Budget and a packed agenda, could be a long one!

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Agenda Preview: June 18 School Committee Meeting
Budget, Dual Language Plan, Pride Month, Before and After School Programs, AI Opt Out.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reposted
Can you imagine being the deputy superintendent of the second largest district in New England–a renowned expert in the field–and a school committee member turns to you and whispers "you better not screw this up" right before she votes to make you superintendent?

So unserious.
May 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Who is Brian Allen anyway? I’m so glad you asked…
May 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
*NEW ITEM* Mayor Petty put on a new item right before the 48 hour cut-off for adding something to a public meeting agenda. It reads: "To request Administration make School Committee aware of administrative personnel changes."

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Agenda Preview: April 17 School Committee Meeting
Vision of a Learner Part 2, Autism Awareness, Special Education
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April 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
There is a Teaching, Learning and Student Success subcommittee meeting Thursday, April 10 at 5pm. There are two items on the agenda: one on adding flag football as a high school varsity sport and the other on the new science curriculum for elementary schools.
April 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The school committee had a meeting on Friday to go into executive session to discuss this. Worcester joined not as a plaintiff, but as a "declarant."

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Worcester joins federal lawsuit over Trump's education cuts, becomes declarant in case
The lawsuit was filed by the advocacy group Democracy Forward on behalf of the Easthampton and Somerville schools.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Wondering what’s federally funded in WPS? A 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I started this substack because I was hearing from parents and educators that they wanted to know what was going on, but the hurdle for engagement feels so high, and it’s hard to know where to start. I get it, who wants to watch a subcommittee meeting where they talk about boilers for 30 minutes?
March 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM