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Cohasset school chief out after 2010-2011 year
The Cohasset School Committee has voted not to extend Superintendent Denise Walsh’s contract beyond next school year, a decision apparently welcomed by a number of teachers in the district. The vote was 4 in favor, with member Paul Schubert abstaining. (By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent)
Plans for Hingham High greenhouse more complex than anticipated
Even though Dana Crosby was shocked last summer to learn that her students had beaten hundreds of other applicants around the country to win $20,000 for a greenhouse, the Hingham High School science teacher said she knew all along the prize would be theirs. (By Molly A.K. Connors, Globe Correspondent)
If I’d only known
The commencement speech I wish I’d heard. (By Jennifer Graham, Boston Globe)
Presidential sobriety check
It was a crisp Saturday last fall. Tufts University’s football team had just beaten Bowdoin College in a nail-biter. Proud from the homecoming victory, Tufts president Lawrence Bacow walked toward his house with the president of Bowdoin, showing off the hilltop campus along the way. (By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff)
Commencements
Bunker Hill Community College Saturday, 11 a.m., Under the tent on the Charlestown campus. (Boston Globe)
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