Barrington school officials differ on when to add full-day kindergarten
Just about everyone who attended the Barrington School Committee meeting Thursday night, May 9, supported the implementation of full-day kindergarten in Barrington, but not all people could agree on when the program should be added. Barrington Schools Superintendent Mike Messore said his recommendation was to add full-day kindergarten next year, not this fall. School [...]
Read More →Six longtime Barrington school employees retiring this year
The Barrington School Committee accepted — with considerable regret — the retirement notices of six longtime school department employees. The committee voted on the action at its meeting Thursday night, April 4. Included on the list of retiring employees is JP Medeiros, a longtime physical education teacher at Barrington High School. “Coach,” as he has [...]
Read More →Barrington school officials still analyzing NECAP scores
Paula Dillon is digging deep. The school’s director of curriculum and instruction is “desegregating” all the scores from the recent round of the New England Common Assessment Program exams in an effort to better understand why some local students struggled on the tests while others excelled. Ms. Dillon has been analyzing the information since the [...]
Read More →Barrington superintendent: Schools ‘had to open’ Tuesday
A four-day mini-vacation from school came to an end on Tuesday, as students from Barrington took a break from sledding and went back to class. Barrington Schools Superintendent Michael Messore said it was important that the children returned to school on Tuesday, after a nor’easter resulted in canceled classes on Friday, Feb. 8 and Monday, [...]
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