GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS
He never lost sight of his dreams
Steven Rinaldi set ambitious goals when he began at East Boston High School: Graduate among the top of his class in four years and attend a top college. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
Salem plans Horace Mann charter high school
Salem is preparing to seek state approval to open its own charter school even as organizers of the Road to Success Charter High School ready a revised plan for a charter school serving Lynn and Salem. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)
Metco students, parents upset by school cutbacks
School officials in Lincoln and Sudbury voted last week to merge two of their three Metco programs, a cost-saving measure that has angered Boston students and parents who say they were excluded from the process and are worried about the future of the program. (By James O’Brien, Globe Correspondent)
Volunteers say fund-raising blitz for Arlington public schools a one-shot deal
They raised more than $492,000 since April to lessen the blow of budget cuts on Arlington’s public schools, but volunteers behind the Bridge the Gap campaign said last week there will not be a repeat performance next year.(By Brock Parker, Globe Correspondent)
Newton North graduates final class before building’s demolition
The graduation ceremony for the last class of seniors to make their way through the 1970s-vintage Newton North High School on Lowell Avenue took place elsewhere, at the Conte Forum on the Boston College campus. But the aging building wasn’t far from anyone’s thoughts. (By Sarah Thomas, Globe Correspondent)
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