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The Massachusetts Association of School Committees. Tweets are informational.

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RT @MASCpresident: Members, please see this important announcement about this year's MASC MASS Joint Conference site t.co/gLNWMopS…

A New Venue for the 2026 MASC/MASS Conference - masc.org

On March 3rd, 2026 MASC President Denise Hurst announced a new venue for the 2026 annual conference. That announcement may be found below or in pdf format here. MASC Members:...

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Happy new year from MASC
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Robin Millen tapped as new Monomoy Regional Superintendent capecodchronicle.com/article…
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Bill Runey, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional superintendent, named a 2026 District Administration Leader of Distinction tauntongazette.com/story/new…

Bill Runey named a 2026 District Administration Leader of Distinction

Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District Superintendent Bill Runey has received a national award for his leadership.

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Brockton High student went from 400 absences to near perfect record enterprisenews.com/story/new…

Brockton High student went from 400 absences to near perfect record

As a Brockton High freshman, he'd cut class and steal cars. As a senior, he tries to be a role model and make people's day. How he turned it around.

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Shawsheen Tech addresses financial process issues after dismissal of business manager homenewshere.com/tewksbury_t…

Shawsheen Tech addresses financial process issues

BILLERICA — On the heels of the dismissal of its business manager, Su­perintendent Tony McIntosh says Shawsheen Valley Technical High School is taking “deliberate and corrective” steps to strengthen...

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Haverhill Mayor Barrett to serve as Vice Chair of board weighing changes to Whittier Tech agreement whav.net/2025/12/18/barrett-…

Barrett to Serve as Vice Chair of Board Weighing Changes to Whittier Tech Agreement

Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett will serve as vice chair of a new board exploring possible changes to the regional agreement among the 11 communities that send students to Whittier Regional...

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New roof for Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School goes out to bid lowellsun.com/2025/12/22/new…

New roof for Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School goes out to bid

LOWELL — The city of Lowell put out a request for proposal to replace the leaky roof at Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School, one of many steps the administration of City Manager Tom Golden has...

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Algonquin Regional reports increased instances of hate, bias since August communityadvocate.com/educat…

Algonquin reports increased instances of hate, bias since August

NORTHBOROUGH — Algonquin Regional High School has seen an increase in reported instances of hate since the start of the school year.

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Raising the profile of ‘Hadley grass’: Third-graders make legislative pitch for asparagus as state vegetable gazettenet.com/2025/12/22/ra…

Raising the profile of 'Hadley grass' - Daily Hampshire Gazette

HADLEY — Back in the 1950s and ’60s, almost all of the asparagus grown in Massachusetts came from fields in Hadley, making the town, through unofficial acclamation, the asparagus capital of the...

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Superintendent gives design updates on Longmeadow’s middle school building project thereminder.com/local-news/h…

Superintendent gives design updates on Longmeadow's middle school building project - The Reminder

LONGMEADOW — Superintendent Martin O’Shea presented the current design schematics for the new Longmeadow Middle School to the School Committee in its meeting on Dec. 16, detailing the athletic...

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DESE commissioner tours Swift River School in New Salem recorder.com/2025/12/22/comm…

DESE commissioner tours Swift River School in New Salem - Greenfield Recorder

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Pedro Martinez visited Swift River School in New Salem to discuss the challenges faced by rural schools, and experienced a...

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‘In every difficulty, there’s an opportunity,’ Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler says about developing a post-MCAS high school graduation requirement commonwealthbeacon.org/the-c…

‘In every difficulty, there’s an opportunity,’ Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler says about...

On this week’s episode of The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon executive editor Michael Jonas sits down with Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler to discuss the work of a state commission tasked with...

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Mass. officials pledge to maintain access to gender-affirming care for trans youth — despite new Trump proposals wbur.org/news/2025/12/19/tru…

Mass. officials pledge to maintain access to gender-affirming care for trans youth — despite new...

New proposed rules from the Trump administration would strip vital federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to people under the age of 18. Massachusetts officials say they're...

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Massachusetts warns of tight budgets as federal law strains state coffers nepm.org/regional-news/2025-…

Massachusetts warns of tight budgets as federal law strains state coffers

The number crunchers on Beacon Hill began the state budgeting process. The consensus revenue hearing determined cautious growth is ahead in Massachusetts.

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‘Everybody’s got the flu.’ Cases are spiking quickly in children, doctors say. bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/m…

‘Everybody’s got the flu.’ Cases are spiking quickly in children, doctors say. - The Boston Globe

COVID levels remain low in Massachusetts, but flu activity is spiking in New England.

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‘On the cusp of something very special.’ In Q&A, Vermont’s education secretary ponders the challenges and opportunities of ed reform. vtdigger.org/2025/12/20/on-t…

'On the cusp of something very special.’ In Q&A, Vermont's education secretary ponders the challe...

Zoie Saunders, in an interview with VTDigger, said that it was "really of paramount importance that we stay the course" with lawmakers due to address a critical part of reform envisioned in Act 73...

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Hawaiʻi charter schools promised a new model. Did they succeed? civilbeat.org/2025/12/hawaii…

Hawaiʻi Charter Schools Promised A New Model. Did They Succeed?

Hawaiʻi’s charter schools pledged to improve public education through more innovation and family engagement. Three decades later, they’ve gained momentum but still lag in some traditional measures of...

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Texas Comptroller asks to bar some Islamic, Chinese-linked schools from Texas voucher program houstonchronicle.com/politic…

Comptroller asks to bar some Islamic schools from Texas voucher program

The comptroller has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on whether schools linked to the Muslim advocacy group CAIR can be excluded. 

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Opinion: Topeka police seize student phones, demand passcodes, without telling families. Parents cry foul. kansasreflector.com/2025/12/…

Topeka police seize student phones, demand passcodes, without telling families. Parents cry foul. •...

When police appeared at Topeka High with a warrant, they had students pulled from class, seized their phones and demanded the passcode.

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